 Benchmarking |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 451 | 556 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +105 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 62 | 66 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.100 % | 0.072 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.200 % | 0.153 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £386 |
| Average daily rate | £347 | £410 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £434 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.10 | £38.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.85 | £44.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -48.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.60 | £51.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.38 | £38.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 31060 | 43078 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 50.15 % | 46.99 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10905 | 14526 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £380 | £387 |
| Average daily rate | £406 | £411 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £433 | £435 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2340 | 2954 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.80 | £28.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.45 | £30.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.10 | £32.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.30 | £29.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.31 % |
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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 Benchmarking across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
