 Validation |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 60 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.031 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.401 % | 4.060 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | - |
| Average daily rate | £350 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £388 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | £31.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.50 | £32.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.00 | £33.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.08 | £30.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 708 | 739 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.933 % | 0.773 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 162 | 147 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £389 | £385 |
| Average daily rate | £410 | £404 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £424 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.22 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 61 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.43 | £28.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.76 | £29.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.08 | £30.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.28 % |
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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 Validation across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
