| Handsets |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 99 | 116 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 32 | 52 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.042 % | 0.052 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.852 % | 8.307 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £408 |
| Average daily rate | - | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £269 | £390 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.67 | £23.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.50 | £25.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.33 | £27.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.25 | £32.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.35 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 467 | 626 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.616 % | 0.623 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 102 | 213 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £345 | £356 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.60 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £391 | £392 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £351 | £352 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 62 | 68 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.00 | £23.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.37 | £25.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.77 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.74 | £27.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.25 | £28.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.97 % |
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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 Handset across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
