Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) |
| 3 months to 7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 125 | 149 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.238 % | 1.637 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £370 | £385 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £415 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £445 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.00 | £27.37 |
| % change on same period last year | +46.13 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 646 | 855 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.918 % | 0.863 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 176 | 195 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £296 | £307 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 125 | 191 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.94 | £27.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.12 | £29.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.31 | £31.44 |
| 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 SMTP across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.