 Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, JSE) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 523 | 627 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +104 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 48 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.067 % | 0.045 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.290 % | 0.185 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £392 | £469 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £489 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £427 | £509 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £421 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| 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 Java SE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
