| The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 69 | 74 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.538 % | 5.882 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £650 | £600 |
| Average daily rate | £675 | £650 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £700 | £700 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £523 | £493 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.04 % |
| 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 | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 65 | 51 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.092 % | 0.052 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £423 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £448 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £474 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.24 | £12.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.15 | £13.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +155.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.06 | £13.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.12 | £25.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
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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 JSP 440 across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
