 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 103 | 125 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.613 % | 1.034 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £417 |
| Average daily rate | £319 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -29.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £483 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £440 | £482 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.84 % |
| 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 | - | £45.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 372 | 580 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.604 % | 0.633 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 110 | 106 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £302 |
| Average daily rate | £362 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £382 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 32 | 107 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.93 | £19.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.54 | £21.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.14 | £23.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.86 | £23.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.31 % |
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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 ESB across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
