| Chemical |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 186 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.025 % | 0.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £725 | - |
| Average daily rate | £725 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £725 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £456 | £570 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.06 % |
| 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 | £25.25 | £20.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.20 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4061 | 4348 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.590 % | 4.746 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2121 | 1891 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £423 | £457 |
| Average daily rate | £458 | £486 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £493 | £515 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 154 | 137 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.07 | £20.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.80 | £21.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.54 | £23.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.32 | £26.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.58 % |
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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 Chemicals across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
