| Legal |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 29 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.867 % | 0.593 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £415 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £398 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.93 | £23.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.23 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 181 | 337 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.292 % | 0.368 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 59 | 183 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £432 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £459 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £486 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.67 | £18.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.83 | £21.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.00 | £23.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.35 | £26.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.70 % |
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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 Legal across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
