| Storage Area Network (SAN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 72 | 95 | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +23 |  -36 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 13 | 72 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire | 1.299 % | 0.550 % | 2.012 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 5.754 % | 1.512 % | 10.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| Average daily rate | £410 | £375 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £375 | £290 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £375 | £455 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £35.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.50 | £30.00 | £30.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 504 | 860 | 703 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire | 22.58 % | 36.36 % | 19.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 112 | 93 | 171 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £375 | £381 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £195 | £209 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £475 | £482 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 29 | 79 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | £12.00 | £20.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.50 | £10.00 | £10.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.45 | £35.00 | £36.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAN across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
