 Component Object Model (COM) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 122 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.630 % | 0.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | - |
| Average daily rate | £225 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £295 | £433 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.67 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £29.17 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.67 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.60 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -41.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 794 | 950 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.276 % | 1.020 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 124 | 129 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £284 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £303 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £337 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 100 | 83 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.29 | £24.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.89 | £27.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.49 | £29.82 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.57 | £31.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.61 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing COM across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
