The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Smartphone over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Halifax region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Smartphone
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £288 £363
% change year-on-year
+29.56% -20.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £39.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year
-10.25% +24.80%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
13 25 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 10.83% 11.01% 7.377%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 6
Average daily rate £365 £450 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.88% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £303 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £575 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Smartphone
West Yorkshire