 Business Development |
| 3 months to
16 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 406 | 393 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 161 | 262 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.230 % | 0.271 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.425 % | 0.543 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 46 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £377 | £436 |
| Average daily rate | £402 | £457 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £426 | £477 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £308 | £411 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.22 | £33.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.17 | £37.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.11 | £42.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £38.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.07 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 37871 | 48210 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 54.03 % | 49.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13358 | 15865 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £385 |
| Average daily rate | £410 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £438 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.95 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2607 | 3246 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.39 | £28.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.15 | £29.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.91 | £31.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.18 | £29.77 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.96 % |
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 Business Development within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
