 Business Objects Crystal Reports |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 57 | 92 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +35 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 67 | 38 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.089 % | 0.038 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.531 % | 5.177 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £269 |
| Average daily rate | £352 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £328 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £316 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.00 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.25 | £19.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.50 | £22.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.18 | £27.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.79 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 703 | 734 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.937 % | 0.743 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 158 | 152 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 61 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.07 | £26.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.67 | £29.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.26 | £31.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.85 | £31.30 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.96 % |
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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 Crystal Reports across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
