 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
7 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 41 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.024 % | 0.025 % |
| As % of the category below | 16.44 % | 21.51 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £275 | £420 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £490 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £560 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.75 | £18.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.13 | £19.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.29 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.50 | £20.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.64 | £22.97 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.64 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 73 | 93 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.146 % | 0.116 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £340 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.52 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £306 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.15 | £22.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.96 | £23.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.78 | £24.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.65 | £26.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
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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 WAN across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
