 IBM MVS |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 112 | 135 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.435 % | 1.294 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £440 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £460 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.53 % |
| 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 | £17.50 | £22.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.22 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 616 | 927 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.867 % | 0.937 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 123 | 137 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £339 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £352 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £331 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 146 | 176 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.87 | £18.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.63 | £19.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.39 | £20.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.98 | £22.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
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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 MVS across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
