 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 21 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.091 % | 4.762 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £246 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.24 % |
| 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 | £25.55 | £22.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.17 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 33 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.052 % | 0.022 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £380 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £470 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £560 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.00 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £38.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.77 | £28.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
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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 M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
