 Set-Top Box (STB) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 24 | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.564 % | 4.762 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £245 | - |
| Average daily rate | £273 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £305 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £36.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £38.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.13 | £36.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.54 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 42 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.055 % | 0.042 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £268 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £373 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.33 | £23.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.89 | £25.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.45 | £27.99 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.99 | £26.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.93 % |
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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 STB across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
