Client Server |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 282 | 259 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 373 | 535 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.492 % | 0.567 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.253 % | 2.554 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 126 | 122 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £402 |
| Average daily rate | £402 | £421 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £421 | £441 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 46 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.54 | £26.45 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.59 | £28.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.63 | £30.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.50 | £28.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.27 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16556 | 20948 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 21.83 % | 22.22 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5980 | 7531 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £443 | £473 |
| Average daily rate | £476 | £508 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £509 | £543 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £362 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1393 | 1388 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.00 | £26.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.00 | £28.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.00 | £30.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.27 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.29 % |
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 Client/Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.