Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 106 | 136 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +30 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.030 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.575 % | 1.803 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £285 | £268 |
| Average daily rate | £291 | £268 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £296 | £268 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £258 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £20.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £20.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £20.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.14 | £25.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.91 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 459 | 610 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.646 % | 0.616 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 101 | 113 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £327 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £340 | £346 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 77 | 91 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.02 | £23.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.89 | £24.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.30 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.77 | £25.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.43 | £28.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.