 Foreign Exchange (FX) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 27 | 18 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 425 | 617 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.545 % | 0.693 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.78 % | 20.10 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 226 | 362 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £515 | £537 |
| Average daily rate | £563 | £572 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £611 | £607 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £596 | £429 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £42.50 | £18.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £53.75 | £21.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +150.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £65.00 | £24.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3084 | 3069 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.956 % | 3.448 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1642 | 1465 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £484 | £523 |
| Average daily rate | £526 | £562 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £567 | £601 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 102 | 35 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.73 | £25.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.22 | £29.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.71 | £33.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.96 | £25.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.25 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
