 Financial |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 11 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 49 | 65 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.079 % | 0.070 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.37 % | 30.81 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £319 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.33 | £24.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.83 | £25.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.33 | £26.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.16 | £27.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.79 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 179 | 211 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.288 % | 0.227 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 44 | 45 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £323 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £383 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 29 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.10 | £23.16 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.03 | £24.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.95 | £25.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.35 | £26.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.74 % |
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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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
