| Technical Specialist |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 78 | 71 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.022 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.230 % | 1.251 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £358 |
| Average daily rate | - | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £424 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.53 % |
| 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 | £29.50 | £25.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.68 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1305 | 1759 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.722 % | 1.752 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 476 | 710 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £409 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 162 | 182 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.24 | £23.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.44 | £24.34 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.64 | £25.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Technical Specialist across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
