 Base Station Subsystem (BSS) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 214 | 255 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +41 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 52 | 43 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.069 % | 0.046 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.132 % | 1.324 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £335 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £396 | £381 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £397 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2439 | 3248 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.216 % | 3.445 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 426 | 688 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £328 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.55 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £365 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 402 | 518 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.67 | £27.39 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.18 | £28.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.69 | £30.14 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.58 | £28.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.35 % |
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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 BSS across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
