| Legal |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.154 % | 2.439 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £500 |
| Average daily rate | - | £550 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £397 | £434 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.80 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £22.80 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.80 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.15 | £26.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.24 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 65 | 123 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.092 % | 0.124 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 22 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £302 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 30 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.80 | £23.39 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.20 | £24.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.59 | £25.72 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.08 | £26.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.82 % |
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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 Legal across the Sheffield region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
