| Legal |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 68 | 80 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 201 | 142 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.265 % | 0.151 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.365 % | 2.709 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 69 | 19 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £379 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £416 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £22.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.85 | £22.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.70 | £23.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.41 | £27.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.09 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5974 | 5242 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 7.878 % | 5.560 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3213 | 2237 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £438 | £459 |
| Average daily rate | £477 | £494 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £516 | £529 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 189 | 147 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.18 | £22.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.96 | £24.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.74 | £26.39 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.47 | £27.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.68 % |
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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 Legal across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
