 Base Station Subsystem (BSS) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 121 | 139 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.422 % | 0.723 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £219 |
| Average daily rate | - | £247 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £275 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £405 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.35 % |
| 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 | - | £60.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 422 | 553 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.678 % | 0.594 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 70 | 116 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £332 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £346 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 65 | 70 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.88 | £22.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.10 | £24.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.31 | £26.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.82 | £28.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
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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 BSS across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
