 Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 231 | 230 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 28 | 67 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.037 % | 0.067 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.384 % | 0.755 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £170 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £181 | £223 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £191 | £246 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £205 | £218 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £28.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £29.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +36.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £30.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.17 | £27.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7286 | 8872 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 9.615 % | 8.836 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2095 | 2569 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £376 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £397 | £401 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 680 | 864 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.81 | £30.34 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.52 | £32.26 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.22 | £34.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.34 | £30.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
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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 SEO across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
