 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 69 | 89 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.837 % | 1.765 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £276 |
| Average daily rate | - | £296 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £250 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.59 | £21.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.93 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 239 | 340 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.384 % | 0.365 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 49 | 106 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 48 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.15 | £24.02 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.73 | £26.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.30 | £28.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.82 | £28.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
