 Health |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 64 | 100 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +36 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 85 | 73 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.115 % | 0.072 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.620 % | 2.652 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | £393 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £427 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £461 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £362 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.22 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.87 | £27.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.83 | £28.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.80 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.03 | £27.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2348 | 2753 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.174 % | 2.715 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 901 | 921 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £387 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £432 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £382 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 288 | 251 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.19 | £28.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.06 | £30.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.93 | £32.22 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.14 | £27.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.16 % |
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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 Health across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
