 Financial |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 501 | 346 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.643 % | 0.389 % |
| As % of the category below | 57.59 % | 40.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 317 | 171 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £489 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £550 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £611 | £479 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £389 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.67 | £20.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.58 | £21.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +59.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.50 | £22.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.38 | £28.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 870 | 853 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.116 % | 0.958 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 527 | 432 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £499 | £447 |
| Average daily rate | £554 | £483 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £608 | £519 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £390 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.29 | £17.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.38 | £18.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.47 | £19.27 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.74 | £26.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.35 % |
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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 Finance across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
