 Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) |
| 3 months to 9 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 36 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2769 | 3742 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.525 % | 4.230 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.54 % | 17.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 987 | 1242 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £408 | £386 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £464 | £432 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £401 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 117 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.94 | £35.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.88 | £37.76 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.82 | £39.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.74 | £36.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.16 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 19042 | 21528 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.24 % | 24.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6220 | 6398 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £361 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £413 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1083 | 1322 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.62 | £29.47 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.34 | £31.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.06 | £33.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.32 | £31.52 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.54 % |
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing J2EE across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
