 High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 151 | 167 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.136 % | 0.220 % |
| 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 | £372 | £260 |
| % change on same period last year | +43.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.00 | £38.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.34 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 735 | 911 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.970 % | 0.907 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 209 | 214 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £307 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £331 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £355 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 112 | 147 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.12 | £24.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.11 | £26.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.11 | £28.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.72 | £28.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.38 % |
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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 HSDPA across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
