| Application Packaging |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 484 | 549 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +65 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 87 | 123 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.122 % | 0.124 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.526 % | 0.507 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 38 | 40 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £297 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £308 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £319 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £304 | £296 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £26.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £29.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £31.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.00 | £29.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.77 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16555 | 24259 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.13 % | 24.37 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5469 | 7384 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £349 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £384 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £408 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 979 | 1482 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.53 | £30.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.67 | £32.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.81 | £34.53 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.32 | £32.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.87 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
