 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 475 | 414 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -61 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 102 | 241 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.135 % | 0.240 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.060 % | 1.853 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 23 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £343 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £339 | £383 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 21 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.25 | £33.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.66 | £35.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.07 | £37.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.08 | £34.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9622 | 13003 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.70 % | 12.95 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2873 | 3432 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £339 | £352 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.43 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £382 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1156 | 1705 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.20 | £26.49 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.78 | £28.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.37 | £30.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.88 | £28.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.87 % |
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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 GPRS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
