 Mathematics (Maths) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 111 | 114 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.880 % | 2.845 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £220 |
| Average daily rate | £268 | £276 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £285 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £254 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.84 | £20.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.64 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 568 | 457 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.895 % | 0.490 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 167 | 80 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £288 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £353 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.33 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 99 | 99 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.57 | £21.02 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.13 | £23.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.70 | £25.09 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.46 | £25.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.46 % |
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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 Mathematics across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
