 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 53 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.349 % | 4.348 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £160 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £160 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | -49.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £160 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £288 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.35 | £24.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.72 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 63 | 138 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.084 % | 0.140 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £270 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £291 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £313 | £323 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.83 | £20.45 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.42 | £20.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | £21.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
