| Adobe Flash |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 79 | 50 | 127 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -29 |  +77 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 33 | 60 | 27 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 1.302 % | 2.159 % | 0.538 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 5.872 % | 11.86 % | 2.657 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £225 | £250 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £240 | £244 | £250 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.50 | £20.81 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.50 | £20.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 562 | 506 | 1016 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 22.18 % | 18.21 % | 20.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 233 | 119 | 203 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £292 | £323 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £200 | £258 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £443 | £400 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 32 | 58 | 162 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £30.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £16.00 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £42.50 | £39.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £27.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Flash across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
