Software Engineering |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 17 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.017 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.155 % | 5.944 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £308 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.75 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.50 | £31.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.89 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.25 | £32.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.11 | £35.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.54 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 232 | 286 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.309 % | 0.285 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 57 | 39 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £402 | £321 |
| Average daily rate | £434 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £466 | £366 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 84 | 115 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.45 | £27.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.67 | £29.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.88 | £31.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.35 | £30.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.10 % |
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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 Engineering across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.