| Migration |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 38 | 35 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 144 | 143 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.192 % | 0.145 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.200 % | 7.440 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 45 | 33 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £389 | £365 |
| Average daily rate | £405 | £386 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £420 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £397 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.35 | £17.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.30 | £18.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.24 | £18.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.67 | £24.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.82 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2000 | 1922 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.666 % | 1.945 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 506 | 498 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £345 | £347 |
| Average daily rate | £362 | £364 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 182 | 116 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.67 | £23.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.41 | £25.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.15 | £28.11 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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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 Migration across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
