 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 71 | 77 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 64 | 92 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.087 % | 0.091 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.426 % | 11.21 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £296 | £277 |
| Average daily rate | £323 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.56 | £33.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.05 | £36.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.54 | £38.56 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.04 | £37.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.11 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 679 | 821 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.918 % | 0.810 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 204 | 200 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £321 |
| Average daily rate | £321 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 104 | 154 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.07 | £25.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.28 | £27.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.49 | £29.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.93 % |
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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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
