| IT Manager |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 125 | 119 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 32 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.041 % | 0.034 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.804 % | 0.753 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £352 | £410 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £447 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £374 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £35.67 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.33 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.12 | £30.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.57 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3979 | 3986 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.105 % | 4.478 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1322 | 1186 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 582 | 492 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.87 | £23.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.45 | £24.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.44 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.02 | £26.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.48 | £25.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.53 % |
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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 IT Manager across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
