 Financial |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 159 | 177 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.212 % | 0.179 % |
| As % of the category below | 58.24 % | 43.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 98 | 74 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £467 | £444 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £485 | £467 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £385 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.97 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.50 | £24.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.50 | £26.44 |
| % change on same period last year | +60.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £44.50 | £28.56 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.12 | £26.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.84 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 273 | 409 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.364 % | 0.414 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 158 | 190 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £467 | £447 |
| Average daily rate | £491 | £472 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £514 | £497 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £39.00 | £20.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.34 | £21.64 |
| % change on same period last year | +86.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.68 | £23.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.78 | £27.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
