 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) |
| 3 months to
8 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 67 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.255 % | 2.703 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | - |
| Average daily rate | £298 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £401 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £23.33 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £25.83 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £28.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.33 | £32.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.37 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 94 | 111 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.127 % | 0.110 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £285 |
| Average daily rate | £309 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.36 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.07 | £19.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.05 | £20.79 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.03 | £22.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.46 |
| % 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 OSPF across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
