 Microsoft Project |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.50 % | 18.60 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £100 | £130 |
| Average daily rate | £150 | £143 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.26 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £200 | £155 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £302 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | £24.54 | £28.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 43 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.056 % | 0.043 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £283 | £190 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £200 |
| % change on same period last year | +49.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £313 | £209 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £283 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | £27.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.75 | £29.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.50 | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.39 | £19.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.13 % |
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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 Project across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.
