 Symantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 403 | 450 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +47 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 159 | 194 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.212 % | 0.194 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.217 % | 3.636 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 33 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £254 | £246 |
| Average daily rate | £269 | £261 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £285 | £277 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £274 | £286 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.00 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 55 | 37 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.14 | £20.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.46 | £21.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.79 | £22.16 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.70 | £22.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4943 | 5336 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.588 % | 5.323 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1264 | 1289 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £351 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.59 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £321 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1058 | 1138 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.21 | £20.70 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.45 | £22.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.62 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.69 | £23.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.21 | £21.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.00 % |
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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 Backup Exec across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
