Service Level Agreement (SLA) |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 33 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.33 % | 68.18 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £500 |
| Average daily rate | - | £525 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.98 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.73 | £17.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.48 | £17.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.88 | £18.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.022 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £393 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £408 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £355 | £423 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.71 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.96 | £23.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.21 | £24.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.03 | £24.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.68 % |
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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 SLA across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.