| Automotive |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 323 | 334 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 272 | 420 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.383 % | 0.424 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.824 % | 0.902 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 59 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £394 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £379 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 55 | 106 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.69 | £27.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.34 | £29.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.98 | £30.90 |
| 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 | 33005 | 46552 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 46.47 % | 47.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12486 | 16652 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £409 | £417 |
| Average daily rate | £438 | £445 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £467 | £472 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2171 | 2729 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.03 | £24.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.77 | £26.44 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.52 | £28.27 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.08 | £26.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.82 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Automotive within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
