 Open Text LiveLink |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 336 | 443 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +107 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.049 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.797 % | 0.224 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £379 | £205 |
| Average daily rate | £396 | £220 |
| % change on same period last year | +80.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £413 | £235 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.86 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £34.73 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.61 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.79 | £25.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3763 | 5356 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.106 % | 5.847 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1528 | 1786 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £366 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £390 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 292 | 450 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.86 | £22.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.96 | £23.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.06 | £25.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.86 | £23.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.31 % |
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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 LiveLink across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
