 Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 396 | 408 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 149 | 256 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.236 % | 0.272 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.067 % | 1.129 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 79 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £427 | £483 |
| Average daily rate | £443 | £503 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £459 | £523 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £278 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 40 | 21 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.18 | £31.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.19 | £33.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.20 | £34.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.00 | £33.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.57 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13967 | 22684 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 22.15 % | 24.15 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4551 | 7107 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £362 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £387 | £405 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 913 | 1312 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.94 | £29.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.12 | £32.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.30 | £34.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.72 | £31.64 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.21 % |
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 MFC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
