 Financial |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 29 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.882 % | 12.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £500 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +56.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £550 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.02 % |
| 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 | £25.78 | £26.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 56 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.023 % | 0.055 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £427 | £408 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £30.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £33.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £37.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.14 | £27.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.16 % |
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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 Finance across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
