Microsoft Office |
| 3 months to 9 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 32 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.036 % | 0.039 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.00 % | 40.51 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £150 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £153 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -59.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £157 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £262 | £262 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.13 | £11.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.27 | £12.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.42 | £13.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.61 | £16.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 72 | 79 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.145 % | 0.097 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £299 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £319 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £340 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 30 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.60 | £13.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.76 | £14.49 |
| % change on same period last year | +43.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.93 | £15.72 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.64 | £18.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.63 % |
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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 MS Office across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.