| Data Consultant |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 80 | 68 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.090 % | 0.095 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £385 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £504 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +49.49 % |
| 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 | £24.25 | £40.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1116 | 1052 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.473 % | 1.048 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 204 | 209 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £331 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £349 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 149 | 129 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.26 | £17.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.99 | £19.54 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.73 | £21.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Data Consultant across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
