 Manufacturing |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 107 | 126 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 42 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.042 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.370 % | 1.973 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £408 |
| Average daily rate | £480 | £424 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £509 | £441 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £417 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.33 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.67 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +42.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.06 | £24.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1752 | 2129 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.312 % | 2.120 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 426 | 695 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £362 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £387 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 86 | 137 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.25 | £25.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.19 | £26.87 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.13 | £28.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.94 | £27.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.32 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Manufacturing across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
