| Spreadsheets |
| 3 months to 2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 60 | 82 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.667 % | 3.916 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £230 |
| Average daily rate | £480 | £243 |
| % change on same period last year | +97.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £510 | £255 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £239 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £13.81 | £18.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.91 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 165 | 332 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.265 % | 0.357 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 53 | 133 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £297 | £262 |
| Average daily rate | £319 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £342 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 37 | 54 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.52 | £16.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.27 | £16.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +62.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.03 | £17.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.14 | £19.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.