| Software Engineer |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 91 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.051 % | 0.091 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.37 % | 21.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £230 | - |
| Average daily rate | £315 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £282 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 72 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.73 | £30.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.88 | £31.84 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.03 | £33.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.28 | £35.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.79 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 343 | 417 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.453 % | 0.415 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 80 | 50 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £377 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 114 | 152 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.95 | £26.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.59 | £27.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.23 | £29.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Software Engineer across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
