 Fat Client |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 471 | 535 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +64 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 88 | 131 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.124 % | 0.132 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.586 % | 0.630 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 33 | 39 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £397 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £417 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £437 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.21 | £15.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.30 | £16.47 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.39 | £17.72 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.35 | £17.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15014 | 20800 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 21.14 % | 21.02 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5764 | 7279 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £434 | £464 |
| Average daily rate | £466 | £497 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £499 | £530 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1224 | 1663 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.11 | £23.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £25.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.89 | £27.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.99 | £26.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.93 % |
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 Fat Client within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
