 Microsoft Office |
| 3 months to
7 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 15 | 19 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 50.00 % | 57.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £114 | - |
| Average daily rate | £114 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £114 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £262 | £264 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £8.00 | £10.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £12.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | £14.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.85 | £16.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.06 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.040 % | 0.018 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £157 | £293 |
| Average daily rate | £163 | £293 |
| % change on same period last year | -44.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £170 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.33 | £11.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.67 | £13.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +108.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.00 | £16.09 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.72 | £18.49 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.66 % |
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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 MS Office across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.
