| Application Packaging |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 134 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 0.737 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £213 |
| Average daily rate | - | £244 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £275 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.97 % |
| 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 | £23.54 | £30.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 746 | 814 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.008 % | 0.803 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 179 | 163 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £295 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £332 | £337 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.73 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 65 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.98 | £29.01 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.64 | £31.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.30 | £33.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.38 | £32.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.71 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
