 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 15 | 33 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 23.53 % | 16.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £230 |
| Average daily rate | - | £230 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £230 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £13.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.51 | £25.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 25 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.025 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £163 | £211 |
| Average daily rate | £168 | £212 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £173 | £213 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.50 | £28.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.50 | £28.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -45.30 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.50 | £28.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.72 | £28.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.38 % |
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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 WAN across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
