 Financial |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 6 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 38 | 51 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.053 % | 0.051 % |
| As % of the category below | 45.24 % | 62.20 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 23 | 26 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £311 | £363 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £375 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £21.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £23.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.30 | £26.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.13 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 84 | 82 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.117 % | 0.082 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 31 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £368 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.62 | £19.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.31 | £20.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.99 | £22.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.04 | £26.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.41 % |
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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 Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
