 Geographic Information System (GIS) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 257 | 319 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +62 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 440 | 353 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.564 % | 0.397 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.832 % | 1.972 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 67 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 55 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.46 | £14.47 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.67 | £15.77 |
| % change on same period last year | +43.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.87 | £17.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.54 | £15.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +56.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15539 | 17904 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.93 % | 20.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4584 | 4749 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £368 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £393 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £415 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.90 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1045 | 1187 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.92 | £27.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.33 | £29.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.73 | £31.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.82 | £29.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.42 % |
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 GIS across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
