 Microsoft .NET (dotNet) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 9 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 135 | 143 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.180 % | 0.145 % |
| As % of the category below | 45.15 % | 38.54 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £342 | £408 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £445 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £33.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.00 | £34.50 |
| 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 | 299 | 371 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.399 % | 0.375 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 61 | 33 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £340 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £391 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.14 | £36.96 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.36 | £37.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.57 | £38.61 |
| 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
