 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 131 | 93 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -38 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 79 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.079 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.515 % | 8.672 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £400 |
| Average daily rate | - | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £32.50 | £34.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | £36.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.50 | £38.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.66 | £38.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 726 | 911 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.958 % | 0.907 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 203 | 214 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 111 | 147 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.91 | £26.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.83 | £28.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.88 | £28.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.87 % |
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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 UMTS across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
