 Rapid Application Development (RAD) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 163 | 118 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -45 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 57 | 70 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.073 % | 0.079 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.231 % | 2.134 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £465 | £513 |
| Average daily rate | £498 | £534 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £531 | £555 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £412 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.75 | £36.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.58 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4630 | 3280 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.940 % | 3.685 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2501 | 1490 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £425 | £467 |
| Average daily rate | £463 | £498 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £501 | £529 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 133 | 56 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.80 | £28.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.89 | £32.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.98 | £36.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.72 | £29.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.62 % |
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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 RAD across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
