 Load Balancing |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 136 | 167 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +31 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.284 % | 0.115 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £266 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £271 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £276 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £29.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.63 | £37.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.01 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2821 | 3478 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.813 % | 3.430 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 953 | 1125 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £368 | £363 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £415 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 323 | 405 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.43 | £29.31 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.97 | £31.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.52 | £33.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.41 | £30.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
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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 Load Balancing across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
