 Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 465 | 514 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +49 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 94 | 119 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.125 % | 0.120 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.566 % | 0.547 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 50 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £423 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £438 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £397 | £452 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £465 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +51.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.06 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.56 | £25.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.79 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.06 | £28.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.63 | £24.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16597 | 21751 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 22.12 % | 22.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5677 | 6807 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £379 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £426 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 934 | 1365 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.47 | £31.01 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.79 | £33.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.10 | £36.01 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 ODBC across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
