| Developer |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 85 | 131 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.137 % | 0.141 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.47 % | 16.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £274 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £376 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.88 | £27.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.13 | £28.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.38 | £29.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.59 | £32.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 631 | 791 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.014 % | 0.849 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 213 | 281 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £277 |
| Average daily rate | £266 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £283 | £308 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 102 | 144 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.92 | £24.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.13 | £25.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.34 | £26.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.10 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
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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 Developer across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
