 Financial |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 379 | 395 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.486 % | 0.444 % |
| As % of the category below | 70.06 % | 68.46 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 95 | 54 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £374 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £389 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.50 | £53.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £53.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -57.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.50 | £54.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.38 | £28.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 541 | 577 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.694 % | 0.648 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 142 | 107 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £346 | £307 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £390 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.50 | £34.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £36.31 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.50 | £37.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.74 | £26.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.35 % |
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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 Finance across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
