 Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 35 | 49 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +14 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.172 % | 1.942 % |
| 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 | £215 | £248 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.13 % |
| 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 | £35.00 | £38.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.04 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 58 | 103 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.081 % | 0.103 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £435 | £392 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £435 | £409 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.43 | £32.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.86 | £34.54 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £39.29 | £36.93 |
| 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 WCDMA across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
