 Project Planning |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 144 | 131 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 118 | 183 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.151 % | 0.206 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.749 % | 2.326 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 27 | 65 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £305 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.11 | £35.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.44 | £37.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.78 | £40.05 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.52 | £42.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.64 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6747 | 7867 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.657 % | 8.839 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1852 | 1961 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £364 | £356 |
| Average daily rate | £386 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.60 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.67 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 612 | 597 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.52 | £30.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.54 | £31.87 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.57 | £33.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.61 | £29.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.93 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Project Planning across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
