| Developer |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year | 0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 801 | 939 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.128 % | 0.949 % |
| As % of the category below | 23.95 % | 23.21 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 147 | 116 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £291 | £304 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 78 | 94 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.44 | £24.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.00 | £26.88 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.56 | £29.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.20 | £32.93 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3344 | 4045 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.708 % | 4.088 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 783 | 827 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 467 | 456 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.62 | £20.30 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.40 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.19 | £23.58 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Developer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.