 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 101 | 105 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 30 | 64 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.040 % | 0.064 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.275 % | 5.145 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £258 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.00 | £22.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.10 | £23.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.20 | £24.89 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.65 | £25.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.18 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 916 | 1244 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.209 % | 1.239 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 163 | 365 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £401 | £365 |
| Average daily rate | £416 | £382 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £399 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 73 | 182 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.74 | £27.45 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.02 | £28.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.31 | £30.22 |
| 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 DHCP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
