 Spring Framework |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 27 | 71 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +44 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 73 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.094 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.15 % | 4.230 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £454 | £383 |
| Average daily rate | £473 | £442 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £492 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £394 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.75 | £40.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.58 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 516 | 331 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.662 % | 0.372 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 241 | 126 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £349 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £384 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £419 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.59 | £29.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.22 | £31.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.84 | £32.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.42 | £31.87 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.71 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Spring across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
