 Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 128 | 163 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +35 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.328 % | 0.402 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £383 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £467 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.20 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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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 DWDM across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
