 Financial |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 58 | 89 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.091 % | 0.095 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.55 % | 30.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 30 | 42 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £387 |
| Average daily rate | £394 | £410 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £413 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £10.17 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £11.33 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £12.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.45 | £27.09 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.74 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 227 | 293 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.358 % | 0.314 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 82 | 76 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £382 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £420 | £430 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 32 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.77 | £15.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.41 | £16.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +64.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.05 | £17.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.36 | £26.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.45 % |
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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 Finance across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
