| Games |
| 3 months to
4 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 32 | 29 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.609 % | 5.512 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £150 | - |
| Average daily rate | £165 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £180 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £307 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £11.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £13.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.06 | £19.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +66.76 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 115 | 127 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.155 % | 0.127 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 41 | 38 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.36 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.57 | £27.54 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.14 | £31.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.71 | £35.85 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.19 | £27.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.53 % |
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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 Games across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
