 Project Planning |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 173 | 177 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 303 | 367 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.389 % | 0.412 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.733 % | 1.831 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 149 | 133 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £415 | £445 |
| Average daily rate | £447 | £476 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £478 | £506 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.06 | £23.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.86 | £26.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.67 | £30.11 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.52 | £42.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.64 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17488 | 20047 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 22.44 % | 22.52 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7680 | 7756 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £411 | £425 |
| Average daily rate | £440 | £452 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £470 | £480 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 614 | 700 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.36 | £27.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.74 | £29.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.11 | £31.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.61 | £29.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.93 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Project Planning across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
