| 3G |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 34 | 33 | 43 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -1 |  +10 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 1.149 % | 1.294 % | 1.005 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 3.704 % | 6.557 % | 6.250 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £325 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £280 | £301 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | £42.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.50 | £32.50 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 81 | 61 | 96 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 31.03 % | 19.74 % | 16.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 14 | 7 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £290 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 40 | 20 | 38 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £31.25 | £37.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.75 | £13.30 | £13.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.00 | £38.25 | £43.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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 3G across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
