Service Level Agreement (SLA) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 104 | 88 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 72 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.038 % | 0.076 % |
| As % of the category below | 18.13 % | 39.34 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £348 | £268 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £415 | £295 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £364 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.00 | £16.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.75 | £17.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.50 | £18.85 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.19 | £18.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.36 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 160 | 183 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.211 % | 0.194 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 60 | 56 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £379 |
| Average daily rate | £372 | £390 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £410 | £401 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £373 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 47 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.89 | £18.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.55 | £20.77 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.21 | £22.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.52 | £24.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.54 % |
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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 SLA across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.