| Spreadsheets |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 74 | 81 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 17 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.017 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.825 % | 7.489 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £227 | £268 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £17.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £18.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.99 | £15.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.17 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 177 | 227 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.249 % | 0.229 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 34 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £253 | £266 |
| Average daily rate | £273 | £276 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £294 | £285 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £293 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 40 | 57 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.15 | £15.04 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.79 | £16.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.44 | £17.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.53 | £19.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.07 % |
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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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.
