Network File System (NFS) |
| 3 months to 15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 437 | 441 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 127 | 204 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.181 % | 0.211 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.630 % | 3.619 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 61 | 58 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £388 | £386 |
| Average daily rate | £406 | £416 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £424 | £447 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.16 | £30.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.32 | £31.81 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.49 | £32.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.80 | £31.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.93 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4829 | 5637 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.882 % | 5.830 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1249 | 1277 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £318 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1016 | 1279 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.56 | £20.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.74 | £21.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.92 | £22.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.32 | £21.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.23 % |
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 NFS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.