 Near Field Communication (NFC) |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 542 | 640 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +98 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.012 % | 0.024 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £300 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8370 | 12544 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.27 % | 13.35 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2210 | 3239 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £340 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £380 | £374 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.00 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1166 | 1753 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.75 | £26.45 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.41 | £28.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.06 | £30.42 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.77 | £28.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
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 NFC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
