| Games |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 33 | 29 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.444 % | 4.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £150 | - |
| Average daily rate | £165 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £180 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £400 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £23.25 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £26.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.67 | £21.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 180 | 100 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.237 % | 0.105 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 49 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £294 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £387 | £333 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.62 | £17.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.52 | £20.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.43 | £23.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.46 | £26.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.94 % |
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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 Games across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
