 National Programme for IT (NPfIT) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 74 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.934 % | 6.395 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £272 | £80 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £80 |
| % change on same period last year | +257.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £80 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £360 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.00 | £9.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £24.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.72 | £18.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +41.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 362 | 172 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.483 % | 0.174 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £246 |
| Average daily rate | £344 | £263 |
| % change on same period last year | +30.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 68 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.68 | £15.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.10 | £17.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.52 | £20.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.44 | £29.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.30 % |
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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 NPfIT across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
