 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 36 | 33 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.024 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.319 % | 12.37 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £362 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | £40.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £41.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.82 | £39.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.82 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 94 | 194 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.134 % | 0.196 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £230 | £285 |
| Average daily rate | £256 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £282 | £336 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 39 | 37 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.61 | £31.77 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.92 | £34.31 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.23 | £36.85 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.56 | £28.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.06 % |
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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 UMTS across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
