 Algorithmic Trading |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 148 | 176 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +28 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 69 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.092 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.419 % | 0.545 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £496 | £504 |
| Average daily rate | £565 | £529 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £633 | £554 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4862 | 3489 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.481 % | 3.530 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2731 | 1590 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £426 | £449 |
| Average daily rate | £468 | £485 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £509 | £521 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 103 | 76 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.96 | £25.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.14 | £27.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.32 | £30.32 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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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 Algorithmic Trading across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
