 High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 41 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.053 % | 8.642 % |
| 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 | £294 | £287 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £36.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £38.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £42.50 | £39.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 95 | 81 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.133 % | 0.081 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 27 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £435 |
| Average daily rate | £346 | £445 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.66 | £35.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.67 | £36.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.68 | £37.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.35 | £28.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.11 % |
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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 Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
