 Digital Rights Management (DRM) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 548 | 629 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +81 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 37 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.037 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.029 % | 0.075 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £417 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £392 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | £37.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | £43.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | £48.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £41.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 38480 | 49480 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 54.18 % | 50.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13602 | 16291 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £385 |
| Average daily rate | £411 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £438 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £377 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.87 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2603 | 3282 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.58 | £28.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.34 | £29.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.11 | £31.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.44 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
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 DRM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
