 Project Planning |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 103 | 101 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.051 % | 0.027 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.963 % | 1.538 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £349 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.50 | £36.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.52 | £42.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.64 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2038 | 1560 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.615 % | 1.753 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 607 | 379 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £344 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 166 | 99 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.22 | £24.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.28 | £26.24 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.35 | £27.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.61 | £29.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.93 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Project Planning across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
