Symantec (formerly VERITAS) Backup Exec |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 131 | 154 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.113 % | 3.093 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £240 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £240 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £240 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £274 | £286 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.00 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.50 | £17.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.69 | £18.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +44.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.88 | £19.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.70 | £22.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 389 | 388 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.518 % | 0.387 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 123 | 98 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £334 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £348 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £321 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 76 | 102 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.11 | £20.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.43 | £22.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.76 | £25.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.21 | £21.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.00 % |
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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 Backup Exec across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.