| Problem Management |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 301 | 309 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 340 | 419 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.448 % | 0.444 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.848 % | 0.905 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 132 | 154 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £344 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £366 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £388 | £386 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 34 | 32 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.21 | £21.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.20 | £23.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.19 | £24.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.70 | £23.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.40 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40072 | 46323 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 52.84 % | 49.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14412 | 15079 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £387 | £393 |
| Average daily rate | £414 | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £441 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2448 | 2844 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.39 | £28.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.25 | £30.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.11 | £32.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.40 | £30.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.62 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Problem Management within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.
