 IBM Cognos DecisionStream |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 555 | 626 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +71 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 27 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.027 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.169 % | 0.128 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £351 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £440 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £385 | £480 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £447 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 14203 | 21023 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.20 % | 20.73 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4513 | 6111 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £407 | £423 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 945 | 1477 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.28 | £28.99 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.47 | £30.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.66 | £32.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.13 | £32.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.08 % |
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 DecisionStream within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
