 Financial |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 143 | 61 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.189 % | 0.065 % |
| As % of the category below | 70.79 % | 55.45 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 86 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £427 | £426 |
| Average daily rate | £447 | £455 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £467 | £484 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £382 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.29 | £28.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 202 | 110 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.266 % | 0.117 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 114 | 44 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £426 | £421 |
| Average daily rate | £447 | £456 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £469 | £491 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.82 | £20.64 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.89 | £20.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £13.96 | £20.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.47 | £27.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.68 % |
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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 Finance across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
