| Senior Software Engineer |
| 3 months to
16 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 526 | 571 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +45 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 65 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.056 % | 0.067 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.063 % | 0.074 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £355 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £381 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £38.33 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £41.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £37.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 62108 | 88291 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 88.61 % | 91.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20026 | 26426 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £370 | £388 |
| Average daily rate | £396 | £413 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £422 | £438 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.16 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5752 | 7808 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.68 | £23.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.17 | £25.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.67 | £26.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.61 | £24.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.43 % |
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 Senior Software Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
