 Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 472 | 505 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +33 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 78 | 136 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.109 % | 0.137 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.702 % | 2.106 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 58 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £403 | £419 |
| Average daily rate | £442 | £452 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £481 | £485 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4583 | 6458 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.402 % | 6.488 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1264 | 1909 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £429 | £434 |
| Average daily rate | £464 | £465 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £498 | £496 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £444 | £419 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 137 | 196 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.23 | £25.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.08 | £27.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.93 | £29.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.78 | £28.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.41 % |
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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 RMDS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.
