| Handsets |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 36 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.091 % | 5.932 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | - |
| Average daily rate | £450 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £286 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.97 % |
| 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 | £31.43 | £31.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 55 | 118 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.073 % | 0.125 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £325 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £366 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £362 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.34 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £37.32 | £36.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.54 | £37.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.76 | £39.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.27 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.29 % |
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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 Handset across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.
