 Mainframes |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 47 | 52 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 28 | 34 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.045 % | 0.037 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.28 % | 17.44 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £339 |
| Average daily rate | £440 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £494 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.14 | £34.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.05 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 162 | 195 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.263 % | 0.213 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 67 | 43 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 41 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.35 | £22.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.42 | £23.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.48 | £25.49 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £25.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.65 % |
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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 Mainframe across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
