 Financial |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 573 | 861 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.817 % | 0.890 % |
| As % of the category below | 65.56 % | 61.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 133 | 182 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £291 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 20 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.46 | £28.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.89 | £31.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.32 | £33.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.86 | £26.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 874 | 1406 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.246 % | 1.454 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 232 | 295 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 37 | 63 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.96 | £24.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.84 | £26.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.72 | £28.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.97 | £26.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.91 % |
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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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
