 Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 527 | 497 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 33 | 142 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.044 % | 0.142 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.220 % | 0.696 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £337 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 62 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £42.38 | £37.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.81 | £39.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.25 | £40.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £42.81 | £39.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 14987 | 20399 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.98 % | 20.35 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5965 | 7407 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £445 | £469 |
| Average daily rate | £479 | £502 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.60 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £513 | £536 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1204 | 1543 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.77 | £27.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.78 | £29.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.01 | £28.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.34 % |
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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 ASIC across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
