| Local Area Network (LAN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 31 | 37 | 44 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +6 | +7 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham | 2.308 % | 1.319 % | 2.227 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 19.57 % | 10.34 % | 17.21 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £85 | £388 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £355 | £85 | £298 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £385 | £85 | £410 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £278 | £325 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | £22.00 | £29.38 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.00 | £22.00 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 46 | 58 | 122 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham | 11.79 % | 12.75 % | 12.94 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 17 | 33 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £263 | £301 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £244 | £200 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £375 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £22.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.60 | £11.00 | £15.35 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £22.00 | £33.25 |
| 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 LAN across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
