Microsoft Office Excel |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 19 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 71 | 58 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.095 % | 0.059 % |
| As % of the category below | 38.59 % | 32.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £249 | £368 |
| Average daily rate | £268 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £287 | £423 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £274 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £24.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.05 | £26.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.10 | £27.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.88 | £17.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 184 | 181 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.245 % | 0.183 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 46 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £258 | £331 |
| Average daily rate | £278 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £298 | £398 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £299 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.45 | £21.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.30 | £23.09 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.15 | £24.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.01 | £18.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.13 % |
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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 Excel across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.