 Computer-Aided Design (CAD) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 421 | 409 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 168 | 269 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.224 % | 0.272 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.416 % | 0.547 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £362 | £206 |
| Average daily rate | £377 | £220 |
| % change on same period last year | +71.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £234 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £187 |
| % change on same period last year | +105.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 71 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.61 | £22.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.89 | £24.35 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.30 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.16 | £26.28 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.64 | £24.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.32 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40430 | 49188 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 53.89 % | 49.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14703 | 16173 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £388 | £393 |
| Average daily rate | £415 | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £442 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2387 | 2984 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.12 | £28.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.90 | £30.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.67 | £32.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.33 | £30.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
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 CAD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
