| Data Protection (Data Privacy) |
| 3 months to 6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 119 | 143 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.583 % | 0.103 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £238 | - |
| Average daily rate | £283 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £328 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £9.10 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £9.44 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £9.77 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.06 | £25.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.51 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1888 | 1940 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.637 % | 1.949 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 482 | 483 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £376 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £398 | £367 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 185 | 151 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.85 | £26.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.35 | £29.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.84 | £31.27 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.30 | £30.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.20 % |
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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 Protection across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.