 Financial |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 86 | 109 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.110 % | 0.122 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.56 % | 45.80 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 38 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £360 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £389 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.82 | £32.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.59 | £33.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.36 | £34.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.38 | £28.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 312 | 238 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.400 % | 0.267 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 100 | 77 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £372 | £384 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £390 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 58 | 35 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.52 | £24.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.00 | £25.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.48 | £27.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.74 | £26.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.35 % |
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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 Finance across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
