 Language Integrated Query (LINQ) |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 311 | 462 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +151 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 61 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.097 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.915 % | 0.009 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 40 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £374 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £295 | £260 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6668 | 11298 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 10.57 % | 12.03 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2822 | 4537 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £357 | £387 |
| Average daily rate | £384 | £411 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £411 | £436 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 200 | 359 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.58 | £31.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.47 | £33.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.36 | £35.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.72 | £31.64 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.21 % |
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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 LINQ across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
