 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) |
| 3 months to 12 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 466 | 490 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 116 | 119 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.146 % | 0.134 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.601 % | 0.551 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 46 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £373 | £366 |
| Average daily rate | £392 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £412 | £391 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £391 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.33 | £42.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.17 | £42.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.00 | £42.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.25 | £42.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.73 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 19316 | 21604 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.27 % | 24.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6329 | 6463 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £386 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £412 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1085 | 1321 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.65 | £29.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.36 | £31.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.08 | £33.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.29 | £31.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.73 % |
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing EDI across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
