 Billing |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 183 | 167 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.423 % | 0.503 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £328 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £353 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £423 | £410 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.50 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.75 | £18.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | £22.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £15.93 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5435 | 5174 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 7.652 % | 5.229 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3054 | 2208 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £430 | £443 |
| Average daily rate | £468 | £475 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £506 | £508 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 196 | 149 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.47 | £20.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.96 | £22.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.45 | £23.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.08 | £26.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.82 % |
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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 Billing across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
