Project Management Institute (PMI) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 358 | 410 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +52 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 221 | 202 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.284 % | 0.227 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.411 % | 1.104 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 84 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £418 | £429 |
| Average daily rate | £445 | £458 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £471 | £487 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £397 | £402 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.00 | £37.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.19 | £37.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.38 | £37.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £42.21 | £37.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.63 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15659 | 18302 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 20.09 % | 20.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5831 | 6666 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £454 | £477 |
| Average daily rate | £489 | £513 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £524 | £549 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.13 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1306 | 1113 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.89 | £23.41 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.07 | £25.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.24 | £26.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.70 | £25.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 PMI across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.