 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 87 | 88 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.878 % | 0.385 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £277 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.74 | £25.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.79 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 213 | 260 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.281 % | 0.276 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 47 | 54 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £282 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £295 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £353 | £308 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.70 | £23.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.53 | £24.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.36 | £25.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.58 | £28.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.35 % |
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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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
