| Handsets |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.000 % | 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 | £295 | £382 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.58 | £32.31 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.55 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 29 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.053 % | 0.029 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £217 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £383 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.90 | £20.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £22.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.10 | £24.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.01 | £28.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.34 % |
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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 Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
