| Legal |
| 3 months to 21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 33 | 81 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +48 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 48 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.076 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.824 % | 1.007 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 27 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £305 | £450 |
| Average daily rate | £308 | £500 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £400 | £432 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.43 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.51 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £19.93 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.34 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.91 | £23.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 544 | 596 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.857 % | 0.639 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 201 | 161 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £311 | £340 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £376 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 52 | 78 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.98 | £25.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.96 | £26.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.94 | £27.83 |
| 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 Legal across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.