| Java Developer |
| 3 months to 5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 38 | 40 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.412 % | 1.389 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £268 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £268 |
| % change on same period last year | +68.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £268 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £31.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £33.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.69 | £37.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 354 | 432 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.479 % | 0.426 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £363 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £389 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £415 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 126 | 179 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.57 | £26.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.23 | £28.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.90 | £29.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Java Developer across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.