 Content Management System (CMS) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 103 | 102 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.023 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.110 % | 2.108 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £269 | £500 |
| Average daily rate | £278 | £500 |
| % change on same period last year | -44.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £288 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £278 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.58 | £23.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 438 | 427 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.562 % | 0.480 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 82 | 109 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 47 | 62 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.76 | £16.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.76 | £18.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.77 | £20.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.66 | £22.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.39 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CMS across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
