 OpenGL |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 526 | 602 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +76 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 42 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.051 % | 0.042 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.238 % | 0.188 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £268 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.73 | £29.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.32 | £32.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.91 | £34.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.85 | £32.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16415 | 22350 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 21.66 % | 22.26 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5679 | 6952 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £381 | £396 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £421 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 977 | 1377 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.62 | £31.01 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.83 | £33.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.05 | £36.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.73 | £33.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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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 OpenGL across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
