| Legal |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 45 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.778 % | 1.143 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.00 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.00 | £15.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.00 | £16.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.63 | £23.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 144 | 175 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.190 % | 0.174 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 59 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £25.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.80 | £29.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.60 | £33.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.85 | £27.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.97 % |
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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 Legal across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
