 Mainframes |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 16 | 23 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 138 | 162 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.184 % | 0.164 % |
| As % of the category below | 36.51 % | 37.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 34 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £271 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £276 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £321 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £372 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £14.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £16.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.90 | £30.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 378 | 435 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.504 % | 0.440 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 82 | 90 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £314 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £335 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.88 | £20.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.34 | £21.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.81 | £23.09 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.44 | £29.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.30 % |
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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 Mainframe across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
