| Security Consultant |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 120 | 156 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +36 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 18 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.035 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.583 % | 0.308 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £386 | £420 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £448 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £390 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £445 | £451 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.17 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £41.25 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +65.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4289 | 5836 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.039 % | 5.898 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1223 | 1491 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £348 | £337 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £373 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 600 | 689 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.38 | £25.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.16 | £26.88 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.94 | £28.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Security Consultant across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.