 Microsoft .NET (dotNet) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 452 | 488 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.636 % | 0.493 % |
| As % of the category below | 50.50 % | 48.41 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 68 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £304 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £319 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 55 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.06 | £28.04 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.87 | £29.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.68 | £31.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.99 | £32.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 895 | 1008 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.260 % | 1.019 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 156 | 145 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 88 | 88 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.11 | £25.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.83 | £28.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.55 | £30.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.10 | £32.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.23 % |
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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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
