 Wireless |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 111 | 128 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.718 % | 1.048 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £189 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £229 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £269 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £311 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.25 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.50 | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -54.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.75 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £31.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -25.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 511 | 477 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.674 % | 0.475 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 129 | 74 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £291 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £337 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 75 | 125 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.60 | £30.31 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.19 | £33.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.79 | £37.49 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.88 | £28.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.87 % |
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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 Wireless across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
