 Financial |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 635 | 787 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.846 % | 0.796 % |
| As % of the category below | 33.32 % | 37.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 197 | 334 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £380 | £374 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £420 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £385 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.97 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 20 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.00 | £27.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.75 | £30.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.50 | £32.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.12 | £26.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.84 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1906 | 2084 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.541 % | 2.108 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 671 | 793 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £384 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £411 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 197 | 163 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.05 | £24.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.63 | £26.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.21 | £28.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.78 | £27.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
