 Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 108 | 130 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.189 % | 0.130 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £230 |
| % change on same period last year | +47.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.50 | £20.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +71.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 529 | 768 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.858 % | 0.838 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 136 | 144 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £272 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £289 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £306 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 54 | 74 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.78 | £26.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.43 | £29.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.08 | £31.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.63 | £31.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.18 % |
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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 DCOM across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
