 Symantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 125 | 138 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.358 % | 2.800 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £180 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £180 |
| % change on same period last year | +61.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £180 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £240 | £282 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £16.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £16.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.13 | £18.11 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.14 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 212 | 250 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.296 % | 0.251 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 30 | 35 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £322 | £281 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £315 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 75 | 59 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.19 | £18.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.36 | £20.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.52 | £21.82 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.37 | £21.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.65 % |
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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 Backup Exec across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
