| Legal |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 107 | 139 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +32 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.372 % | 0.516 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £330 | £460 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £485 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £345 | £510 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £397 | £434 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.50 | £22.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.77 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.50 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.15 | £26.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.24 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1458 | 1550 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.053 % | 1.566 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 428 | 379 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £367 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £386 | £364 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 173 | 145 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.24 | £21.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.41 | £23.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.58 | £25.57 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.08 | £26.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.82 % |
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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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
