 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 74 | 52 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.524 % | 8.377 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £198 |
| Average daily rate | - | £204 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £210 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £288 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £8.50 | £18.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £8.50 | £19.47 |
| % change on same period last year | -56.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £8.50 | £20.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.35 | £24.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.72 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 191 | 191 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.255 % | 0.193 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 56 | 32 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.99 | £22.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.35 | £23.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.70 | £25.10 |
| 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 SMS across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
