Symantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec |
| 3 months to 5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 355 | 397 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +42 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 52 | 94 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.070 % | 0.093 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.446 % | 3.857 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £244 | £288 |
| Average daily rate | £257 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £270 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £282 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.69 | £18.31 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.27 | £19.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.85 | £19.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.30 | £20.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.49 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2126 | 2437 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.874 % | 2.403 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 719 | 702 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £364 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 368 | 418 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.84 | £20.49 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.93 | £21.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.03 | £22.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.21 | £21.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.08 % |
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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 Backup Exec across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.