| Senior Developer |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 142 | 115 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -27 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 909 | 1326 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.199 % | 1.407 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.326 % | 1.535 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 356 | 548 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £426 | £487 |
| Average daily rate | £457 | £530 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £487 | £572 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £385 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.63 | £38.96 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.50 | £41.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.38 | £44.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.68 | £42.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 68554 | 86361 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 90.40 % | 91.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21954 | 24993 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £378 | £392 |
| Average daily rate | £405 | £417 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5870 | 6957 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.98 | £24.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.60 | £26.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.22 | £27.56 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.28 | £26.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
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 Senior Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
