| Oracle Application Express (APEX) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 104 | 98 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 |  - |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 0.044 % | 0.087 % | - |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.565 % | 1.282 % | - |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £20.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category | 177 | 156 | 255 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 7.736 % | 6.800 % | 6.487 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 76 | 46 | 59 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £350 | £340 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £205 | £243 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £335 | £490 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £330 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 19 | 24 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.50 | £20.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £19.00 | £17.70 | £13.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.50 | £36.50 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.00 | £31.75 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Oracle APEX across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
