| IBM MQSeries Integrator (MQSI) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 118 | 120 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.955 % | 2.174 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £400 |
| Average daily rate | - | £494 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £588 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £494 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| 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 | - | £57.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 419 | 460 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.558 % | 0.465 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 99 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £379 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £337 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 47 | 80 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.66 | £17.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.68 | £18.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.69 | £19.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.28 | £23.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.44 % |
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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 MQSI across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
