| Legal |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 91 | 109 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 31 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.042 % | 0.031 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.473 % | 2.042 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £369 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £399 | £439 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.87 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.70 | £22.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.53 | £23.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.04 | £26.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1213 | 1518 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.715 % | 1.537 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 322 | 394 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £389 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £409 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 83 | 82 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.15 | £25.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.44 | £27.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.72 | £28.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.07 | £26.79 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.77 % |
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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 Legal across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
