 Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 558 | 619 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +61 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.074 % | 0.019 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £360 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18968 | 21523 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.34 % | 24.18 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6232 | 6473 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £384 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.60 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £410 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1047 | 1303 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.78 | £29.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.46 | £31.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.14 | £33.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.42 | £31.87 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.71 % |
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 MHP across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
