 Clustering |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 116 | 77 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -39 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 49 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.049 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.465 % | 12.22 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £218 | £270 |
| Average daily rate | £231 | £286 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £243 | £302 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £33.10 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £34.60 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £36.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.85 | £34.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 546 | 401 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.728 % | 0.400 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 139 | 60 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £303 | £309 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 51 | 83 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.79 | £24.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.52 | £26.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.25 | £28.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.01 | £28.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.34 % |
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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 Clustering across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
