| VMS |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 52 | 68 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.175 % | 5.155 % |
| 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 | £375 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.53 % |
| 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 | £31.67 | £20.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +52.87 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 63 | 194 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.102 % | 0.212 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £371 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £388 | £327 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £20.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.25 | £22.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +39.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.50 | £23.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.97 | £21.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.17 % |
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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 VMS across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
