| Release Engineer |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 557 | 591 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +34 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.047 % | 0.022 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.052 % | 0.025 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £433 |
| Average daily rate | £386 | £448 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £419 | £463 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £273 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 70924 | 81306 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 90.99 % | 91.34 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22289 | 22890 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £392 |
| Average daily rate | £410 | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £438 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.70 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6083 | 6544 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.19 | £23.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.90 | £25.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.61 | £26.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.32 % |
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 Release Engineer across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
