 Spring Framework |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 113 | 109 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 42 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.047 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.963 % | 4.058 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £295 |
| Average daily rate | £331 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £310 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £394 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £43.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £43.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £43.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.75 | £40.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.58 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 764 | 1035 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.980 % | 1.163 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 187 | 226 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £334 | £309 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 80 | 68 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.29 | £38.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.85 | £39.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.40 | £40.59 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.42 | £31.87 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.71 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Spring across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
