| Murex Flex API |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 554 | 604 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +50 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 34 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.045 % | 0.048 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.192 % | 0.205 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £610 | £619 |
| Average daily rate | £655 | £663 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £700 | £707 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | - |
| % 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 | 17751 | 21916 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.41 % | 23.25 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5849 | 6599 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £375 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £426 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1005 | 1382 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.09 | £30.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.48 | £33.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.88 | £35.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £33.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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 Murex Flex within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
