Mathematics (Maths) |
| 3 months to 4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 267 | 268 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 99 | 203 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.161 % | 0.222 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.349 % | 1.721 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 49 | 80 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £455 | £470 |
| Average daily rate | £501 | £510 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £547 | £551 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £263 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.50 | £25.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.25 | £25.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.00 | £25.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.22 | £22.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7341 | 11798 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.91 % | 12.88 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3298 | 5142 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £441 | £492 |
| Average daily rate | £476 | £528 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £512 | £563 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 363 | 430 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.08 | £22.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.91 | £24.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.73 | £25.97 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £25.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.65 % |
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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 Mathematics across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.