| Chemical |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 124 | 155 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +31 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.559 % | 0.239 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | - |
| Average daily rate | £330 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £270 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £18.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £21.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +90.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | £23.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.83 | £27.92 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1790 | 2088 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.420 % | 2.059 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 610 | 782 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £339 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £415 | £384 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 171 | 200 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.63 | £25.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.44 | £27.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.25 | £29.16 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.14 | £27.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.16 % |
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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 Chemicals across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
