| Business Consultant |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 84 | 111 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +27 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.474 % | 0.415 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £375 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £414 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.29 % |
| 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 | - | £45.38 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1897 | 3133 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.048 % | 3.365 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 429 | 610 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 166 | 273 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.72 | £18.41 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.91 | £19.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.10 | £20.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.10 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.88 % |
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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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
