 Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 351 | 476 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +125 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 177 | 149 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.279 % | 0.160 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.555 % | 0.340 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 44 | 40 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £234 | £245 |
| Average daily rate | £252 | £267 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £270 | £289 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £251 | £244 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.29 | £25.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.68 | £27.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.07 | £30.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.68 | £28.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.91 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 31879 | 43836 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 50.21 % | 46.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11260 | 14678 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £381 | £387 |
| Average daily rate | £408 | £411 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £435 | £435 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2391 | 3052 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.71 | £28.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.42 | £30.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.13 | £32.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.17 | £29.91 |
| % 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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SEO across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
