 Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 470 | 472 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 116 | 190 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.155 % | 0.192 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.662 % | 0.827 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 72 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £482 | £466 |
| Average daily rate | £536 | £503 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £589 | £540 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £420 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £36.67 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £38.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £39.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £38.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17514 | 22973 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.34 % | 23.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5868 | 6997 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £424 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 967 | 1398 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.29 | £30.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.64 | £33.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.98 | £35.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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 FIX Protocol within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
