Yorkshire Quark Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Quark products and/or services in IT contracts within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Quark over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Cheshire City of London Coventry Croydon Ealing East of England England Essex Hampshire London North West South East UK Warwickshire West Midlands Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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	£125	£263
% change on same period last year	-52.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.44	£14.67
% change on same period last year	+32.57 %
Vendors Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1243	1297
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.657 %	1.312 %
Daily rates quoted	246	204
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£323
Average daily rate	£331	£342
% change on same period last year	-3.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£348	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£359
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	154	136
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.33	£21.61
Average hourly rate	£23.38	£23.14
% change on same period last year	+1.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.42	£24.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.25	£24.99
% change on same period last year	-6.94 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Quark, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Quark across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Quark across the Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Quark across the Yorkshire region.