Financial |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 263 | 483 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.337 % | 0.543 % |
| As % of the category below | 31.80 % | 44.35 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 78 | 160 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £349 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £369 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £389 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.74 | £27.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.82 | £28.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.90 | £30.32 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.38 | £28.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 827 | 1089 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.061 % | 1.223 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 227 | 280 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £385 | £393 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £390 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 90 | 54 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.46 | £23.30 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.99 | £24.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.52 | £25.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.74 | £26.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.35 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Finance across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.