| Business Consultant |
| 3 months to
20 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 74 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.062 % | 0.107 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £417 | £401 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.02 % |
| 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 | - | £46.40 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 753 | 938 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.181 % | 1.021 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 232 | 330 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £316 | £344 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £363 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 68 | 144 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.66 | £26.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.31 | £27.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.96 | £28.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.38 | £24.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.32 % |
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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 Business Consultant across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
