Object-Oriented (OO) |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 66 | 75 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 62 | 75 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.087 % | 0.076 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.307 % | 3.817 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £357 | £328 |
| Average daily rate | £377 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.95 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £397 | £397 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £359 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.50 | £30.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.63 | £34.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.75 | £37.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.35 | £33.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.16 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1875 | 1965 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.640 % | 1.986 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 483 | 480 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £377 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £399 | £367 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 183 | 163 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.20 | £26.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.70 | £28.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.21 | £30.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.44 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
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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 OO across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.