 Firmware |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 495 | 563 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +68 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 76 | 109 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.106 % | 0.110 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.503 % | 0.519 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £363 | £290 |
| Average daily rate | £412 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £460 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £567 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +72.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.75 | £36.16 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.29 | £37.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.83 | £38.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.29 | £37.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.54 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15102 | 21007 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 21.10 % | 21.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5817 | 7374 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £436 | £465 |
| Average daily rate | £469 | £499 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £502 | £532 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1200 | 1700 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.99 | £24.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.89 | £26.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.78 | £28.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.83 | £26.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.89 % |
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 Firmware within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
