| Automotive |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 105 | 139 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +34 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.204 % | 0.349 % |
| 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 | £285 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.00 | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.00 | £10.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +157.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.00 | £11.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.94 | £28.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.83 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 981 | 1434 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.556 % | 1.526 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 265 | 347 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £351 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £398 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 77 | 119 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.54 | £25.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.04 | £26.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.53 | £28.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.29 | £26.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.73 % |
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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 Automotive across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
