 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 119 | 124 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.667 % | 1.085 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £150 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £188 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £225 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.22 % |
| 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 | £30.11 | £36.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 450 | 553 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.600 % | 0.559 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 123 | 102 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £281 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 61 | 119 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.57 | £29.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.17 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.77 | £36.99 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 GPRS across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
