| Spreadsheets |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 238 | 187 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -51 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 402 | 793 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.573 % | 0.820 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.043 % | 7.461 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 136 | 367 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £344 | £405 |
| Average daily rate | £372 | £431 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £399 | £456 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £232 | £251 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 58 | 69 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.27 | £16.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.77 | £17.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.27 | £18.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £13.79 | £16.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7972 | 10628 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.36 % | 10.99 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2322 | 3043 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £309 |
| Average daily rate | £321 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £341 | £346 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £292 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1361 | 1882 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.56 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.79 | £19.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.02 | £20.85 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.52 | £19.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.42 % |
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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 Spreadsheet across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.
