| Spreadsheets |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 51 | 58 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.830 % | 7.317 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £232 | £305 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £9.58 | £7.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.74 | £9.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.90 | £10.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £13.07 | £13.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.17 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 106 | 123 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.140 % | 0.123 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £223 | £258 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | £269 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £257 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £284 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 38 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.85 | £10.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.33 | £11.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.80 | £12.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.61 | £19.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.54 % |
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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 Spreadsheet across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.
