 Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) |
| 3 months to 21 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 559 | 292 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -267 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 26 | 430 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.034 % | 0.475 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.840 % | 10.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 224 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £462 | £514 |
| Average daily rate | £517 | £559 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £572 | £604 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £496 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3096 | 4097 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.019 % | 4.525 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1091 | 1397 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £364 | £392 |
| Average daily rate | £392 | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £419 | £445 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 348 | 387 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.87 | £23.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.68 | £24.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.49 | £26.53 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.89 | £23.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.64 % |
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 MiFID across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
