 Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 38 | 22 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 111 | 178 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.148 % | 0.178 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.74 % | 22.36 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 22 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £388 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £51.75 | £29.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £52.00 | £31.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +66.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £52.25 | £32.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.03 | £37.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 753 | 796 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.004 % | 0.794 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 173 | 150 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £311 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 68 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.98 | £29.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.67 | £32.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.51 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.36 | £34.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.55 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
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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 J2EE across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
