| Migration |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 26 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 156 | 420 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.200 % | 0.472 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.530 % | 16.96 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 38 | 173 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £364 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £411 | £383 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.07 | £25.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.93 | £26.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.80 | £26.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.07 | £27.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1637 | 2476 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.100 % | 2.782 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 457 | 722 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £362 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.80 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 82 | 92 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.05 | £34.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.99 | £36.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.92 | £37.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.72 | £29.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.62 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Migration across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
