 Financial |
| 3 months to
14 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 2 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2307 | 2313 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.320 % | 2.356 % |
| As % of the category below | 43.45 % | 45.02 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1263 | 882 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £412 | £419 |
| Average daily rate | £446 | £445 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £480 | £471 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £384 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.51 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 88 | 68 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.66 | £21.54 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.31 | £22.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.62 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.96 | £23.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.83 | £26.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5310 | 5138 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 7.641 % | 5.233 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2954 | 2207 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £429 | £443 |
| Average daily rate | £467 | £475 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £505 | £507 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 195 | 143 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.88 | £20.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.45 | £22.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.02 | £23.49 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.03 | £26.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.05 % |
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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 Finance across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
