Mainframes |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 297 | 338 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +41 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 104 | 130 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.139 % | 0.132 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.177 % | 0.944 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 40 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £382 |
| Average daily rate | £463 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £476 | £417 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.50 | £18.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.75 | £22.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £27.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.90 | £30.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8836 | 13770 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.78 % | 13.93 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4304 | 6169 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £477 | £495 |
| Average daily rate | £514 | £532 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £550 | £569 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 349 | 416 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.75 | £24.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.30 | £26.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.85 | £27.99 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.44 | £29.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.30 % |
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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 Mainframe across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.