| Microsoft Consultant |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 140 | 167 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +27 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.274 % | 0.035 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £388 | £500 |
| Average daily rate | £396 | £500 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.80 % |
| 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 | £37.50 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4373 | 5752 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.771 % | 5.729 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1408 | 1536 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £369 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £391 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 572 | 696 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.25 | £24.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.16 | £26.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.07 | £28.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.60 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.13 % |
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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 Microsoft Consultant across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
