 Base Station Subsystem (BSS) |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 451 | 556 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +105 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 97 | 75 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.138 % | 0.076 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.092 % | 0.594 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £386 | £378 |
| Average daily rate | £415 | £416 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £444 | £455 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £422 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.50 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.63 | £13.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +126.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.75 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8885 | 12623 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.63 % | 12.75 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2554 | 3366 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £345 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1140 | 1778 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.20 | £26.49 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.95 | £28.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.69 | £30.61 |
| 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 BSS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
