| Problem Management |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 244 | 253 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 174 | 280 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.235 % | 0.276 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.942 % | 1.122 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 68 | 110 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £403 | £360 |
| Average daily rate | £434 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £465 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £295 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.00 | £21.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.42 | £22.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.83 | £23.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.33 | £20.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.63 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18478 | 24959 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 24.98 % | 24.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8439 | 9748 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £411 | £418 |
| Average daily rate | £442 | £445 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £473 | £472 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 634 | 957 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.78 | £27.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.63 | £29.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.49 | £31.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.41 | £30.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
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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 Problem Management across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
