 Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 546 | 604 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +58 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 55 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.056 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.087 % | 0.265 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £375 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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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 VSAM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
