Foreign Exchange (FX) |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1046 | 1868 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.473 % | 1.888 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.01 % | 14.09 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 534 | 1028 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £528 | £533 |
| Average daily rate | £566 | £573 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £604 | £614 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £538 | £436 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £125.00 | £21.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £137.50 | £28.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +387.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £150.00 | £34.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8710 | 13260 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.26 % | 13.40 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4201 | 5801 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £465 | £492 |
| Average daily rate | £501 | £527 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £536 | £562 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 362 | 496 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.44 | £22.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.42 | £24.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.41 | £26.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.99 | £26.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.93 % |
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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 Foreign Exchange (FX) across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.