 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 438 | 440 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 121 | 203 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.161 % | 0.205 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.267 % | 1.584 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £267 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £293 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £319 | £371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 36 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.15 | £37.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.01 | £39.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.87 | £42.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.85 | £39.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9547 | 12818 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.73 % | 12.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2770 | 3286 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £359 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £381 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1156 | 1649 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.97 | £26.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.62 | £28.26 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.28 | £30.17 |
| 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 UMTS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
