| Legal |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 85 | 111 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.393 % | 1.346 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £517 | £450 |
| Average daily rate | £517 | £475 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £517 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £405 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.22 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.80 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.25 | £21.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.70 | £21.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.35 | £24.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 933 | 1040 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.261 % | 1.026 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 317 | 315 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £364 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £392 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £410 | £415 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 154 | 187 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.48 | £30.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.99 | £32.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.49 | £34.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.14 | £27.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.16 % |
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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 Legal across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
