 IBM WebSphere Process Server (WPS) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 107 | 117 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.481 % | 1.846 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £500 | £500 |
| Average daily rate | £500 | £525 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £529 | £487 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.69 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 405 | 596 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.566 % | 0.599 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 106 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £336 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £385 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £351 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.04 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 45 | 121 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.35 | £20.99 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.85 | £22.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.35 | £24.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.63 | £24.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.68 % |
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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 WPS across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
