 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
4 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | - | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.000 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.000 % | 25.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £338 |
| Average daily rate | - | £419 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £278 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.35 % |
| 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 | £26.12 | £26.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.02 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.016 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £416 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £466 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £516 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.74 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £24.13 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.52 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.69 | £28.50 |
| % 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 SMS across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
