Essex Foreign Exchange (FX) Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Foreign Exchange (FX) skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Location Berkshire Bracknell Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf City of London Croydon Docklands, London East Midlands Edinburgh England Essex London Middlesex Midlands Scotland South East UK	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	54
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	8.140 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£270
Average daily rate	-	£270
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£270
UK excluding London average daily rate	£519	£436
% change on same period last year	+18.96 %
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	-
Miscellaneous Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	186	172
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.299 %	0.185 %
Daily rates quoted	73	55
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£346
Average daily rate	£310	£364
% change on same period last year	-14.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£345
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	29	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	£27.36
Average hourly rate	£25.27	£27.73
% change on same period last year	-8.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.54	£28.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.41	£25.59
% change on same period last year	-0.69 %
Foreign Exchange (FX) East of England

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.

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Essex region.