 IBM MQSeries |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 111 | 138 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +27 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.759 % | 0.400 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £230 | £700 |
| Average daily rate | £230 | £700 |
| % change on same period last year | -67.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £230 | £700 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £419 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.27 % |
| 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 | £16.50 | £51.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -68.06 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 435 | 500 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.588 % | 0.493 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 84 | 77 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 101 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.93 | £19.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.31 | £20.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.68 | £21.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.63 | £24.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.11 % |
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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 MQSeries across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
