| IT Consultant |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 214 | 185 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -29 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.073 % | 0.031 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £240 | - |
| Average daily rate | £250 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £260 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £396 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.14 % |
| 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 | £11.83 | £21.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -43.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8199 | 6361 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 10.52 % | 7.146 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4124 | 2653 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £427 | £466 |
| Average daily rate | £465 | £496 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £502 | £527 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.70 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 314 | 191 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.66 | £24.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.46 | £25.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.26 | £27.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.32 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing IT Consultant across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
