 Microsoft Silverlight |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 386 | 596 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +210 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 134 | 29 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.211 % | 0.031 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.013 % | 0.136 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 61 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £359 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £381 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13227 | 21300 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 20.83 % | 22.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4457 | 6817 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £362 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £384 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 870 | 1276 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.19 | £29.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.40 | £32.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.61 | £34.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.92 | £31.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.25 % |
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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 Silverlight across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
