 Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 349 | 330 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 269 | 335 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.345 % | 0.376 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.619 % | 4.247 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 73 | 90 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.97 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 59 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.49 | £30.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.16 | £32.37 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.83 | £33.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.37 | £33.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7433 | 7887 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 9.535 % | 8.860 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2377 | 2307 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £373 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £389 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 529 | 570 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.76 | £30.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.05 | £32.11 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.34 | £33.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.68 | £31.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.75 % |
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 VSS/SourceSafe across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.
