 Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 68 | 93 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.609 % | 0.658 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £289 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £42.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £42.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.93 | £41.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 115 | 304 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.185 % | 0.326 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 129 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £293 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 37 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.02 | £29.74 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.24 | £31.31 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.45 | £32.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.41 | £25.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.69 % |
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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 MPEG across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
