 Middleware |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 103 | 120 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.537 % | 1.449 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £475 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £416 | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.43 % |
| 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 | £38.59 | £32.76 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.80 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 749 | 690 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.998 % | 0.698 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 162 | 127 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £334 | £328 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.20 | £31.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.04 | £33.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.88 | £35.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 Middleware across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
