 Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) |
| 3 months to 9 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 505 | 528 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 85 | 101 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.108 % | 0.114 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.446 % | 0.469 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £370 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £403 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.33 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £44.44 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.56 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £41.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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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 J2ME across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
