 Retailing |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 22 | 15 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.95 % | 9.195 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £438 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £443 | £383 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £448 | £416 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £402 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.93 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.43 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 86 | 87 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.110 % | 0.098 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £391 | £242 |
| Average daily rate | £408 | £259 |
| % change on same period last year | +57.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £276 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £390 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.86 | £16.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.21 | £17.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.57 | £18.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.69 | £26.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.22 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Retail across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
