 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
| 3 months to
8 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 43 | 35 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.167 % | 15.00 % |
| 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 | £329 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.00 | £39.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.25 | £39.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.50 | £39.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.04 | £37.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.11 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 96 | 80 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.130 % | 0.079 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £439 |
| Average daily rate | £354 | £455 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £388 | £471 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.36 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.66 | £35.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.60 | £36.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.54 | £38.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 GSM across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
