 Financial |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 7 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 122 | 116 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.157 % | 0.130 % |
| As % of the category below | 38.24 % | 29.52 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 46 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £436 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £454 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.98 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £471 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £389 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £28.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £30.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £32.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.38 | £28.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 319 | 393 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.409 % | 0.442 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 120 | 86 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £316 | £356 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.95 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £390 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.43 | £28.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.07 | £29.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.70 | £30.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.74 | £26.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.35 % |
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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 Finance across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
