 Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 330 | 306 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 42 | 166 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.067 % | 0.177 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.066 % | 5.020 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 90 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £453 |
| Average daily rate | £390 | £476 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £423 | £499 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2033 | 3307 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.224 % | 3.520 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 638 | 1084 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £433 | £473 |
| Average daily rate | £468 | £510 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £502 | £548 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £447 | £433 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 40 | 38 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.41 | £27.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.19 | £32.56 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.96 | £37.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.58 | £27.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.86 % |
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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 RMDS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.
