 Financial |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 121 | 127 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.160 % | 0.135 % |
| As % of the category below | 48.02 % | 56.95 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 77 | 76 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £387 | £353 |
| Average daily rate | £410 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £434 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £382 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £13.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £14.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £15.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.29 | £28.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 252 | 223 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.332 % | 0.237 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 139 | 131 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £388 | £353 |
| Average daily rate | £410 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £432 | £386 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.10 | £22.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.67 | £23.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.24 | £24.21 |
| 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 Finance across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
