 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 51 | 84 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +33 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 38 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.051 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.45 % | 3.205 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £246 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £290 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.57 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £38.88 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.19 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.57 | £37.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.42 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 263 | 312 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.351 % | 0.316 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 111 | 110 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.48 | £18.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.86 | £20.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +56.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.23 | £22.54 |
| 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 GSM across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
