 Degree |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 50 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 79 | 80 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.127 % | 0.086 % |
| As % of the category below | 33.05 % | 28.07 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.59 | £16.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.69 | £17.84 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.79 | £19.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.87 | £28.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 239 | 285 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.384 % | 0.306 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 65 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £261 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £277 | £296 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.55 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £293 | £307 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 30 | 44 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.28 | £17.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.95 | £18.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +60.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.62 | £20.02 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.56 | £25.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.72 % |
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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 Degree across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
