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The first table below looks at the demand for Softswitch skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Softswitch over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category. Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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3 months to
21 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| Softswitch |
| Rank |
535 |
579 |
577 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
|
| Contract jobs citing Softswitch |
5 |
2 |
3 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK |
0.011% |
0.003% |
0.005% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
0.073% |
0.022% |
0.039% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Average daily rate |
£195 |
£300 |
- |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
|
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£243 |
£300 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
All Communications & Networking
UK |
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category |
6868 |
9171 |
7760 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK |
14.55% |
15.69% |
12.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
3354 |
4160 |
3539 |
| Average daily rate |
£350 |
£365 |
£350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£200 |
£215 |
£225 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£500 |
£500 |
£500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£315 |
£335 |
£325 |
| % change year-on-year |
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| Number of hourly rates quoted |
546 |
614 |
779 |
| Average hourly rate |
£22.00 |
£25.00 |
£25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£13.00 |
£13.00 |
£12.00 |
| 10% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£44.50 |
£45.00 |
£41.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£21.50 |
£25.75 |
£27.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
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