 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 408 | 538 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +130 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 175 | 115 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.237 % | 0.113 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.763 % | 0.883 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 44 | 47 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £429 |
| Average daily rate | £488 | £452 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £526 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £480 | £463 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £60.00 | £39.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £61.25 | £42.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +45.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £62.50 | £44.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £52.50 | £42.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9927 | 13028 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.42 % | 12.85 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3109 | 3464 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £377 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 844 | 1266 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.47 | £22.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.10 | £24.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.73 | £25.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.63 | £24.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.11 % |
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 ESB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
