 Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 48 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.405 % | 10.06 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £343 |
| Average daily rate | - | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £18.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £19.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +42.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.00 | £20.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.49 | £25.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 74 | 159 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.099 % | 0.161 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £272 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £286 | £309 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.32 | £18.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.26 | £19.47 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.21 | £20.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 DNS across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
