 Project Management Institute (PMI) |
| 3 months to 9 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 380 | 429 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +49 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 227 | 204 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.289 % | 0.231 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.377 % | 1.086 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 89 | 74 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £417 | £409 |
| Average daily rate | £445 | £434 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £472 | £458 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £395 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.00 | £37.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.19 | £37.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.38 | £37.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £42.21 | £37.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.63 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16483 | 18781 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 20.98 % | 21.23 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6057 | 6673 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £454 | £475 |
| Average daily rate | £490 | £510 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £525 | £546 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £361 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1370 | 1139 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.92 | £23.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.11 | £25.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.30 | £26.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.59 | £24.64 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.24 % |
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 PMI across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
