| Automotive |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 27 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.738 % | 7.921 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £251 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £251 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.00 | £24.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.00 | £26.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.84 | £29.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 107 | 101 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.151 % | 0.102 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 44 | 32 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £377 | £380 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £388 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £422 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.00 | £24.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.00 | £24.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -43.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £25.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.07 | £26.79 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.77 % |
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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 Automotive across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
