 Financial |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 220 | 251 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.290 % | 0.262 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.35 % | 28.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 48 | 112 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £381 | £364 |
| Average daily rate | £401 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £422 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.46 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.37 | £33.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.29 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.14 | £27.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 868 | 879 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.144 % | 0.919 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 344 | 402 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £356 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £390 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £424 | £366 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 94 | 59 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.55 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.58 | £22.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.61 | £24.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.46 | £26.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.94 % |
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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 Finance across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
