 Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 513 | 559 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +46 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 64 | 109 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.084 % | 0.109 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.368 % | 0.461 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 39 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £336 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £366 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.22 | £25.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.28 | £27.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.33 | £28.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.25 | £28.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17396 | 23623 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 22.96 % | 23.53 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5892 | 7151 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £369 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £420 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1005 | 1419 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.43 | £30.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.69 | £33.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.96 | £35.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.72 | £33.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ADO within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
