| Spreadsheets |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.921 % | 0.671 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £95 | - |
| Average daily rate | £98 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £100 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £228 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.40 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.70 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -29.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.94 | £13.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 152 | 149 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.205 % | 0.147 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 33 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £185 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £193 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -42.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £201 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £293 | £291 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 42 | 38 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.87 | £21.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.56 | £22.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.25 | £22.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.59 | £19.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.05 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.
