| Life Sciences |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 57 | 75 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.752 % | 1.471 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.28 % |
| 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 | - | £24.23 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 133 | 204 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.186 % | 0.205 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £273 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £333 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 53 | 45 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.25 | £35.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.12 | £39.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.98 | £43.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.83 | £26.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.89 % |
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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 Life Science across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
