Financial |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 33.33 % | 10.53 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £380 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.26 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.62 % |
| 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 | £25.69 | £26.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.12 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 38 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.024 % | 0.038 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.50 | £31.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.00 | £33.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.50 | £35.82 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.85 | £27.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.97 % |
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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 Preston region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.