 Base Station Subsystem (BSS) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 114 | 120 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 31 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.035 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.003 % | 2.958 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £419 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £438 | £386 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £364 | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.95 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 699 | 1048 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.897 % | 1.177 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 143 | 229 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £359 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £351 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 80 | 84 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.08 | £28.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.80 | £29.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.51 | £31.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.63 | £27.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing BSS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
