 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 52 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.040 % | 0.935 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £245 | - |
| Average daily rate | £249 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £253 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £247 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.43 | £21.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 99 | 107 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.161 % | 0.117 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £322 | £285 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £295 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £335 | £306 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.03 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.61 | £25.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.19 | £25.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.86 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.64 % |
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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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
