 Derivatives |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 13 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2610 | 4181 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.349 % | 4.697 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.23 % | 33.83 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1479 | 2154 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £543 | £541 |
| Average daily rate | £587 | £585 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £631 | £628 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £550 | £549 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.13 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £49.86 | £34.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £53.89 | £38.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +40.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £57.93 | £41.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9584 | 12359 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.30 % | 13.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4452 | 5467 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £484 | £500 |
| Average daily rate | £522 | £539 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £560 | £577 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.13 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 409 | 372 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.76 | £23.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.37 | £25.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.98 | £27.56 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.70 | £25.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Derivative across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
