 Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.653 % | 3.653 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | - |
| Average daily rate | £489 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £528 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £404 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £13.19 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £14.16 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £15.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.36 | £15.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +85.03 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 121 | 219 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.172 % | 0.221 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 41 | 70 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £368 |
| Average daily rate | £329 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £429 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 41 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.43 | £29.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.45 | £30.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.89 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.48 | £30.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.18 | £32.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
