| Technical Specialist |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 136 | 166 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.138 % | 0.052 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £650 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £650 | £250 |
| % change on same period last year | +160.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £650 | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £424 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.53 % |
| 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 | £29.50 | £25.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.68 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4362 | 5750 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.756 % | 5.727 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1402 | 1536 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £348 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £370 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 578 | 696 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.34 | £24.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.23 | £26.57 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.11 | £28.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 Technical Specialist across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
