| SAP Support |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 469 | 490 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 117 | 167 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.156 % | 0.169 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.173 % | 0.184 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 32 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £366 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £394 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £415 | £416 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £408 | £386 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.13 | £53.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.81 | £53.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -59.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.50 | £53.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.07 | £58.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -62.02 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 67526 | 90610 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 90.01 % | 91.67 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22121 | 26824 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £378 | £390 |
| Average daily rate | £404 | £415 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £430 | £440 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5680 | 7267 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.08 | £24.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.72 | £26.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.36 | £27.55 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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 SAP Support within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
