 SAP Advanced Planner & Optimizer (APO) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 482 | 552 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +70 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 106 | 97 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.140 % | 0.103 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.919 % | 1.448 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £505 | £375 |
| Average daily rate | £533 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £561 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £533 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +70.54 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £10.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £10.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £10.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5524 | 6701 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 7.284 % | 7.108 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1436 | 1671 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £440 | £444 |
| Average daily rate | £471 | £478 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £502 | £512 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £448 | £446 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 140 | 118 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.36 | £26.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.46 | £29.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.57 | £31.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.25 | £27.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.20 % |
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 SAP APO within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.
