| Migration |
| 3 months to 21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 27 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 34 | 47 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.054 % | 0.050 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.45 % | 10.26 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £332 | £433 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £447 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £461 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £376 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.00 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.00 | £52.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.60 | £53.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -45.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.20 | £55.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.48 | £28.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.95 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 273 | 458 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.430 % | 0.491 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 85 | 130 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £355 |
| Average daily rate | £395 | £387 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £419 | £420 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 51 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.88 | £17.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.85 | £18.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.83 | £18.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.17 | £29.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 Migration across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.