 Set-Top Box (STB) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 392 | 544 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +152 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 169 | 115 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.239 % | 0.116 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.129 % | 0.554 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 45 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £375 |
| Average daily rate | £407 | £406 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £437 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £305 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 42 | 41 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.57 | £31.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.51 | £33.79 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.45 | £36.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.18 | £36.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.66 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 14966 | 20752 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 21.16 % | 21.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5744 | 7248 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £433 | £463 |
| Average daily rate | £466 | £497 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £498 | £530 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1222 | 1663 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.13 | £23.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.03 | £25.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.92 | £27.59 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.09 | £26.20 |
| % 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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing STB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
