 Health |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 122 | 147 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 478 | 555 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.631 % | 0.553 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.529 % | 2.002 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 196 | 169 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £359 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £392 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 54 | 65 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.75 | £21.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.75 | £23.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.75 | £25.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.34 | £26.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.46 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18902 | 27729 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.94 % | 27.62 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8821 | 11350 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £436 | £444 |
| Average daily rate | £469 | £474 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £502 | £505 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 707 | 947 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.69 | £24.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.49 | £26.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.29 | £27.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.85 | £27.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.97 % |
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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 Health across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
