 Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.529 % | 4.762 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £360 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.48 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.10 | £11.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.10 | £12.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.10 | £12.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.73 | £22.64 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 85 | 105 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.138 % | 0.115 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 21 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £308 | £355 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £321 | £431 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 32 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.88 | £18.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.62 | £20.09 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.36 | £21.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.86 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.64 % |
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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 VPN across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
