 Microsoft .NET (dotNet) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3511 | 4693 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.680 % | 4.748 % |
| As % of the category below | 41.68 % | 39.93 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1620 | 1936 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £382 | £420 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £451 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £436 | £481 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 112 | 187 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.40 | £31.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.51 | £34.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.62 | £36.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.43 | £32.97 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.37 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8423 | 11752 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.23 % | 11.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3758 | 4669 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £402 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £431 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £429 | £460 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 235 | 387 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.98 | £31.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.18 | £33.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.37 | £36.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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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 .NET across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
