 Mainframes |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 70 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.093 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 28.93 % | 10.40 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £413 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £420 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £427 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.84 % |
| 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 | £20.90 | £30.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 242 | 125 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.323 % | 0.126 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 62 | 26 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £348 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.47 | £16.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.08 | £17.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.69 | £19.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.44 | £29.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.30 % |
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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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
