| Problem Management |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 118 | 143 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.027 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.613 % | 0.639 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £197 | £273 |
| Average daily rate | £214 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £232 | £328 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.67 | £24.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.25 | £26.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.83 | £27.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.49 | £21.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.83 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2772 | 3132 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.366 % | 3.356 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 840 | 952 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £353 |
| Average daily rate | £397 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £397 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £380 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.76 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 393 | 362 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.85 | £30.53 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.71 | £32.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.57 | £34.06 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.17 | £29.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 Problem Management across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
