 Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 139 | 132 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.428 % | 0.120 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £350 |
| Average daily rate | - | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £487 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +58.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £27.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.63 | £23.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1169 | 832 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.542 % | 0.883 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 235 | 103 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £276 |
| Average daily rate | £362 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £385 | £323 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 111 | 83 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.33 | £25.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.96 | £28.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.59 | £31.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £33.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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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 ODBC across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
