Microsoft Office Excel |
| 3 months to 13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 8 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 50.00 % | 45.45 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £228 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £228 |
| % change on same period last year | +53.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £228 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £287 | £271 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.00 | £12.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | £13.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.00 | £13.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.86 | £19.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.022 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £232 | £253 |
| Average daily rate | £269 | £258 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £307 | £263 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £292 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.40 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.90 | £12.90 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.40 | £13.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.55 | £19.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.57 % |
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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 Excel across the Chelmsford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.