| Application Packaging |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 230 | 267 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +37 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.024 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.663 % | 0.661 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £299 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £304 | £297 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.20 | £35.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.20 | £36.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.20 | £36.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.75 | £29.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2563 | 3936 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.609 % | 3.978 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 685 | 974 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £314 |
| Average daily rate | £329 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 238 | 388 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.79 | £32.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.08 | £34.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.37 | £36.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.10 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.23 % |
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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 Application Packaging across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
