 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 58 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.058 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.934 % | 21.32 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.68 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.67 | £33.57 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £36.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.33 | £38.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.65 | £37.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 151 | 272 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.199 % | 0.271 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £237 | £264 |
| Average daily rate | £270 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £303 | £297 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 61 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.51 | £31.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.69 | £33.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.87 | £36.27 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.88 | £28.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.87 % |
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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 GSM across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
