 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 83 | 87 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 36 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.036 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.750 % | 6.667 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £407 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £407 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.14 | £39.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.21 | £40.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.90 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.29 | £42.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.30 | £37.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 400 | 540 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.533 % | 0.539 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 80 | 99 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £354 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £372 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 95 | 134 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.40 | £30.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.90 | £33.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.40 | £36.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.58 | £28.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.03 % |
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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 GSM across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
