 Microsoft Office |
| 3 months to
14 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 7 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 62.50 % | 87.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £96 | £230 |
| Average daily rate | £108 | £230 |
| % change on same period last year | -53.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £120 | £230 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £241 | £234 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.75 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.75 | £12.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.75 | £13.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.62 | £15.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.024 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £232 | £277 |
| Average daily rate | £269 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £307 | £284 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £292 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.61 | £12.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.82 | £12.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.03 | £13.57 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.58 | £19.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.09 % |
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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 Chelmsford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.
