| C# Developer |
| 3 months to 12 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 42 | 35 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2605 | 3327 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.273 % | 3.739 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.591 % | 4.093 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 860 | 1178 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £393 | £418 |
| Average daily rate | £419 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £445 | £481 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 168 | 191 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.17 | £29.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.43 | £31.51 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.69 | £33.82 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.20 | £30.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 72542 | 81284 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 91.15 % | 91.34 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22788 | 22841 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £392 |
| Average daily rate | £412 | £417 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £439 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £364 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6200 | 6548 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.26 | £23.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.98 | £25.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.71 | £26.49 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.62 | £24.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.45 % |
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing C# Developer across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
