 Spring Framework |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 107 | 123 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.047 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.309 % | 1.015 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £290 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £380 | £310 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £394 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.04 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.75 | £41.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.95 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1118 | 887 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.434 % | 0.996 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 243 | 137 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £256 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £272 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £288 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 126 | 74 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.78 | £29.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.18 | £31.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.58 | £33.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.40 | £31.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Spring across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
