 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 46 | 53 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.615 % | 1.449 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | - |
| Average daily rate | £300 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £291 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.58 | £26.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 104 | 69 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.137 % | 0.069 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £339 | £353 |
| Average daily rate | £342 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £389 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.14 | £16.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.32 | £19.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +41.62 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.50 | £21.83 |
| 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 SMS across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
