 Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 132 | 138 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.137 % | 1.934 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £115 |
| Average daily rate | - | £121 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £128 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £487 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +58.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £20.83 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £23.25 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £25.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.63 | £23.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 732 | 1034 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.965 % | 1.097 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 171 | 208 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £286 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £343 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 107 | 129 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.67 | £28.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.63 | £31.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.59 | £35.02 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.44 | £33.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
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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 ODBC across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
