 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 310 | 325 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 91 | 147 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.121 % | 0.149 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.351 % | 2.653 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 54 | 59 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £395 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £407 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £396 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £409 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | £43.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £49.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -59.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.00 | £55.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.69 | £38.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3870 | 5541 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.158 % | 5.606 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1503 | 1771 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £361 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 300 | 497 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.02 | £25.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.30 | £27.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.57 | £29.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 HTTP across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
