 Health |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 93 | 91 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 29 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.033 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.292 % | 2.362 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £294 |
| Average daily rate | £354 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £383 | £310 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £8.00 | £26.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £9.00 | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -67.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £10.00 | £28.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.79 | £20.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1161 | 1228 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.490 % | 1.380 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 308 | 281 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £396 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £390 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 42 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.92 | £25.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.23 | £27.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.54 | £30.14 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.74 | £26.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.35 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Health across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
