 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 367 | 332 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -35 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 198 | 400 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.280 % | 0.405 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.097 % | 2.983 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 63 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £299 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £334 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £369 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 60 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.68 | £35.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.80 | £37.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.92 | £38.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.14 | £37.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9443 | 13409 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.35 % | 13.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2683 | 3467 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £344 | £344 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £383 | £378 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1242 | 1865 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.27 | £26.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.98 | £28.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.74 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.69 | £30.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.44 | £28.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.09 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GSM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
