 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 51 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.857 % | 4.310 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £210 |
| Average daily rate | £475 | £215 |
| % change on same period last year | +120.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | £220 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £259 | £272 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.73 % |
| 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 | £20.67 | £26.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.72 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 70 | 116 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.140 % | 0.145 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 32 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £292 | £293 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £340 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.90 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.58 | £25.64 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.27 | £27.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.96 | £28.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.67 | £27.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.34 % |
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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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
