 Release Management |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 276 | 246 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 404 | 506 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.518 % | 0.568 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.051 % | 1.224 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 151 | 128 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £379 |
| Average daily rate | £381 | £396 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £414 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.24 | £22.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.24 | £24.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.24 | £26.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.83 | £23.89 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 38439 | 41340 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 49.31 % | 46.44 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13638 | 13156 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £389 | £395 |
| Average daily rate | £416 | £419 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £442 | £444 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2241 | 2340 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.88 | £27.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.97 | £29.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.05 | £31.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.72 | £29.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.62 % |
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 Management across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
