 Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 362 | 468 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +106 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 230 | 156 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.295 % | 0.175 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.598 % | 0.377 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 106 | 75 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £417 | £403 |
| Average daily rate | £448 | £429 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £478 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £441 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £27.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £29.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £32.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £26.88 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 38461 | 41364 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 49.35 % | 46.47 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13648 | 13213 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £389 | £395 |
| Average daily rate | £416 | £420 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £442 | £444 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2245 | 2332 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.83 | £27.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.91 | £29.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.99 | £31.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.61 | £29.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.93 % |
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 DSDM across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
