 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 39 | 44 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.564 % | 6.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +30.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £380 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £258 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £12.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.14 | £25.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.91 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 50 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.055 % | 0.051 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £265 | £406 |
| Average daily rate | £283 | £414 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £423 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.99 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.12 | £22.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.24 | £23.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.43 | £28.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
