 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 75 | 67 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.175 % | 0.581 % |
| 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 | £258 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.50 % |
| 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 | £28.58 | £13.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +107.11 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 189 | 172 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.252 % | 0.174 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 27 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £465 | £264 |
| Average daily rate | £483 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +73.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £501 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.92 | £19.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.52 | £21.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +45.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.11 | £23.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 SDH across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
