 Degree |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 42 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.034 % | 0.042 % |
| As % of the category below | 37.50 % | 63.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £195 | £282 |
| Average daily rate | £245 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £295 | £306 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.75 | £34.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.50 | £36.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.72 | £31.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.17 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 64 | 66 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.089 % | 0.066 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £254 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £284 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £314 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.76 | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.23 | £34.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.70 | £35.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.40 | £25.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.74 % |
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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 Degree across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
