 Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 352 | 446 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +94 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.023 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.191 % | 0.076 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £517 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £554 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +70.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £592 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £289 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £37.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.40 | £41.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.50 % |
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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 MPEG across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
