| Architect |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +36 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 49 | 25 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.078 % | 0.027 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.167 % | 2.250 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £467 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £496 | £433 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £525 | £467 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £491 | £465 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £47.89 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.73 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 600 | 1111 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.951 % | 1.183 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 178 | 178 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £347 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 55 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.70 | £22.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.61 | £24.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.52 | £26.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.14 | £24.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.03 % |
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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 Architect across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
