 Manufacturing |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 56 | 47 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.723 % | 3.457 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £378 | £500 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £650 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £493 | £800 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £406 | £411 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.75 | £17.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.75 | £20.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.75 | £22.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.60 | £26.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 404 | 405 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.539 % | 0.410 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 109 | 108 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £383 |
| Average daily rate | £389 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £426 | £435 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.57 | £19.24 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.70 | £21.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.82 | £23.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.78 | £27.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Manufacturing across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
