| Graduate |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 112 | 128 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.178 % | 0.114 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £160 | £106 |
| % change on same period last year | +50.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £7.50 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £7.75 | £12.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £8.00 | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £11.86 | £13.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.90 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2809 | 3505 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.955 % | 3.542 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 739 | 797 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £322 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £364 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 335 | 521 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.39 | £20.70 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.72 | £22.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.04 | £24.11 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Graduate across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
