| Automotive |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.549 % | 2.994 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £14.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £16.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £18.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.84 | £29.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.98 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 182 | 167 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.256 % | 0.169 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 127 | 74 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £421 | £364 |
| Average daily rate | £442 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £463 | £414 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.50 | £19.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.50 | £20.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.50 | £22.38 |
| 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 Automotive across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
