 Microsoft Visual Studio |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 19.05 % | 26.83 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £220 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £233 | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £245 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £304 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.72 | £31.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.35 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 42 | 41 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.084 % | 0.051 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | £283 |
| Average daily rate | £276 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £291 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.56 | £15.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.50 | £17.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.44 | £18.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.48 | £32.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.28 % |
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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 Visual Studio across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
