| Problem Management |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 43 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.532 % | 1.951 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £275 |
| Average daily rate | - | £288 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.68 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.82 | £20.76 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.13 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 188 | 205 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.248 % | 0.204 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 57 | 82 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £367 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £377 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.31 | £20.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.88 | £24.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.44 | £28.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.34 | £30.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.55 % |
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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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
