| Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 41 | 46 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +5 | +6 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 1.947 % | 0.525 % | 2.626 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 12.84 % | 3.659 % | 15.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £418 | £360 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £278 | £244 | £155 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £346 | £424 | £381 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £320 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.25 | - | £33.83 |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.45 | - | £18.90 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.05 | - | £50.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.50 | £22.00 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 109 | 82 | 243 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 15.16 % | 14.36 % | 16.79 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 30 | 39 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £332 | £313 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £185 | £210 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £428 | £425 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.50 | £37.10 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £37.10 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.00 | £37.10 | £50.28 |
| 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 WAN across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
