 Load Balancing |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 384 | 466 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +82 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 207 | 193 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.280 % | 0.190 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.515 % | 0.381 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 67 | 64 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £377 |
| Average daily rate | £372 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.30 | £31.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.63 | £35.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.95 | £38.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.63 | £37.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.01 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40230 | 50697 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 54.38 % | 49.99 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14715 | 16862 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £386 | £390 |
| Average daily rate | £414 | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £438 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2461 | 3255 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.41 | £28.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.24 | £30.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.07 | £31.97 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.41 | £30.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
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 Load Balancing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
