 Financial |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 789 | 1035 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.124 % | 1.070 % |
| As % of the category below | 36.09 % | 40.65 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 382 | 416 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £387 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £405 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £423 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.45 | £30.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.18 | £32.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.91 | £34.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.86 | £26.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.89 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2186 | 2546 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.115 % | 2.633 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 796 | 834 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £380 | £368 |
| Average daily rate | £399 | £387 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £406 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 328 | 269 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.58 | £28.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.36 | £29.97 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.14 | £31.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.97 | £26.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.91 % |
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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 Finance across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
