 Fat Client |
| 3 months to 18 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 202 | 196 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.645 % | 0.101 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £625 | £450 |
| Average daily rate | £647 | £500 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £669 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £388 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.95 | £20.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3256 | 2984 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.324 % | 3.062 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1910 | 1440 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £477 | £498 |
| Average daily rate | £522 | £542 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £568 | £586 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 48 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.62 | £22.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.43 | £24.09 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.24 | £26.12 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.49 | £28.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.50 % |
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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 Fat Client across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
