 Short Message Service (SMS) |
| 3 months to
7 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 66.67 % | 100.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £260 | £272 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £31.25 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.33 | £26.28 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.62 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.001 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £31.25 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.65 | £26.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
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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 Rotherham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
