Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 332 | 357 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 200 | 298 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.315 % | 0.319 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.506 % | 2.542 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 68 | 109 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £311 | £288 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £345 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £254 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.43 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 46 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.03 | £23.47 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.15 | £25.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.27 | £26.85 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.90 | £23.09 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7982 | 11724 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.57 % | 12.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2116 | 3104 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £359 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £378 | £371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1124 | 1670 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.77 | £26.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.45 | £29.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.13 | £31.12 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.93 | £29.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.