 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) |
| 3 months to 18 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 67 | 58 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.396 % | 1.600 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £406 | £500 |
| Average daily rate | £444 | £500 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £481 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £414 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.84 | £37.28 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 273 | 125 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.363 % | 0.128 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 89 | 35 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £277 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £282 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £392 | £288 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.70 | £20.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.76 | £22.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.82 | £23.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.96 | £28.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.22 % |
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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 HTTP across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
