 Middleware |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 173 | 184 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 74 | 112 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.104 % | 0.113 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.887 % | 2.846 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £404 |
| Average daily rate | £415 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £446 | £447 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £403 | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.20 | £37.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £41.00 | £41.28 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.80 | £45.56 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.93 | £37.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.23 % |
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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 Middleware across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
