| Migration |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 25 | 22 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 598 | 897 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.842 % | 0.906 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.720 % | 10.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 203 | 309 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £356 | £362 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £376 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.43 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 32 | 85 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.53 | £24.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.74 | £26.51 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.95 | £28.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.47 | £25.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.18 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6858 | 8724 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 9.656 % | 8.816 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1967 | 2590 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £351 | £353 |
| Average daily rate | £373 | £373 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 639 | 827 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.44 | £28.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.35 | £30.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.26 | £32.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.44 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
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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 Migration across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.