| Application Packaging |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 105 | 138 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +33 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.177 % | 0.219 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £230 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £240 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.46 % |
| 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 | £34.00 | £17.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +91.54 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 566 | 912 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.914 % | 0.995 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 115 | 216 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £343 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 58 | 56 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.17 | £25.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.45 | £27.49 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.74 | £29.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.63 | £31.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.21 % |
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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 Application Packaging across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
