Microsoft Office |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 15 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 27 | 35 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.036 % | 0.037 % |
| As % of the category below | 47.37 % | 67.31 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £131 | £140 |
| Average daily rate | £131 | £141 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £131 | £142 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £254 | £255 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.11 | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.98 | £10.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £13.86 | £11.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.20 | £14.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 57 | 52 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.075 % | 0.054 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £258 | £168 |
| Average daily rate | £277 | £173 |
| % change on same period last year | +59.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £296 | £179 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £283 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.41 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.39 | £13.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.37 | £15.11 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.91 | £19.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.04 % |
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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 MS Office across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.