 Software Engineering |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 126 | 123 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 44 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.045 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.695 % | 1.293 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £333 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £346 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £417 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.39 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 31 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.13 | £32.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.19 | £33.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.25 | £34.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.67 | £35.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2876 | 3404 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.067 % | 3.446 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 871 | 1057 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £367 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £410 | £390 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 357 | 368 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.90 | £29.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.94 | £31.28 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.98 | £33.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.42 | £29.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
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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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
