 Java Messaging Service (JMS) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 299 | 264 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -35 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 321 | 571 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.448 % | 0.574 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.939 % | 2.354 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 111 | 225 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £415 | £409 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £428 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £458 | £446 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £391 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.50 | £37.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.25 | £41.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.00 | £46.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.25 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.87 % |
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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 JMS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
