 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 63 | 77 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.024 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.122 % | 5.424 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £282 | £275 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £26.46 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.92 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.66 | £38.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 294 | 295 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.388 % | 0.294 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 131 | 118 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £347 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £368 | £384 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 39 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.81 | £17.30 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.56 | £19.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +56.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.30 | £21.86 |
| 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 UMTS across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
