| Handsets |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 124 | 139 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.434 % | 1.047 % |
| 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 | £292 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.44 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.00 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.75 | £31.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.14 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 691 | 764 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.973 % | 0.772 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 171 | 114 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £309 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £328 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 106 | 146 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.25 | £15.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.25 | £16.76 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.77 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.26 | £18.01 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.99 | £26.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.93 % |
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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 Handset across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
