| Automotive |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 32 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.043 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.35 % | 12.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £433 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £442 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £452 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £389 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.19 | £24.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.95 | £24.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.72 | £25.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.59 | £29.89 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 117 | 113 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.156 % | 0.114 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 41 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £256 |
| Average daily rate | £342 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.89 | £24.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.84 | £26.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.80 | £27.50 |
| 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 Automotive across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
