 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 21 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.167 % | 0.000 % |
| 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 | £311 | £254 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.43 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.90 | £23.09 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 28 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.038 % | 0.030 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £264 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £270 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £276 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.33 | £19.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.33 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.33 | £21.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.93 | £29.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
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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 Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
