 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 95 | 124 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +29 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 22 | 18 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.035 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.723 % | 1.863 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £381 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £438 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £494 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £254 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.43 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.33 | £24.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.83 | £26.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +37.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.33 | £27.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.90 | £23.09 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 808 | 966 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.273 % | 1.035 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 137 | 234 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £396 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £424 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £451 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 52 | 142 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.87 | £28.53 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.82 | £30.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.89 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.78 | £31.58 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.93 | £29.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
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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 SMS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
