| Handsets |
| 3 months to 1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 335 | 403 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +68 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 60 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.059 % | 0.064 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.492 % | 0.487 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £263 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £279 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £295 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £264 | £246 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.60 | £26.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.30 | £28.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £31.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.41 | £27.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7513 | 12315 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.91 % | 13.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3395 | 5384 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £443 | £495 |
| Average daily rate | £479 | £530 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £514 | £566 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 365 | 441 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.15 | £22.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.88 | £23.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.62 | £25.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.63 | £25.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.80 % |
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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 Handset across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.