 Swing (Java) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 362 | 236 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -126 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 246 | 629 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.328 % | 0.636 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.405 % | 2.738 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 81 | 275 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £431 | £426 |
| Average daily rate | £451 | £452 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £471 | £478 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £385 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 45 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.22 | £38.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £41.33 | £39.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.44 | £40.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £41.33 | £39.09 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.73 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17514 | 22973 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.34 % | 23.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5868 | 6997 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £424 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 967 | 1398 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.29 | £30.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.64 | £33.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.98 | £35.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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 Swing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
