 Benchmarking |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 196 | 194 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.137 % | 0.084 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £392 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £442 | £413 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £492 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £439 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.59 % |
| 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 | £21.79 | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4377 | 3584 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.220 % | 3.620 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2539 | 1510 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £418 | £440 |
| Average daily rate | £457 | £471 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £497 | £501 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 86 | 93 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.26 | £23.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.89 | £25.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.52 | £27.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.32 | £30.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.39 % |
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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 Benchmarking across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
