| Games |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.286 % | 14.81 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | - |
| Average daily rate | £210 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £220 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £307 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.20 % |
| 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 | £31.93 | £19.23 |
| % change on same period last year | +66.10 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 70 | 81 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.095 % | 0.080 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £278 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £294 | £392 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £309 | £424 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.22 | £15.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.11 | £18.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.00 | £20.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.14 | £27.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.16 % |
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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 Games across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
