| Automotive |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 87 | 97 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.434 % | 2.035 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £22.78 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £23.89 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.84 | £29.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 691 | 1032 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.973 % | 1.043 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 168 | 305 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £323 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £399 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 111 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.61 | £20.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.95 | £22.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.29 | £24.81 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.08 | £26.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.82 % |
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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 Automotive across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
