 Microsoft Visual Studio |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 53 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.42 % | 14.58 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £426 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £441 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £456 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.64 | £32.88 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.37 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 153 | 96 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.204 % | 0.097 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 50 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £314 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.63 | £31.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.44 | £31.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.25 | £32.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.89 | £34.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.63 % |
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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 Visual Studio across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
