 Storage Area Network (SAN) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 40 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 29 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.029 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.449 % | 19.46 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £279 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £279 | £295 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £279 | £310 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.25 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.25 | £21.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.25 | £24.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.59 | £31.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.46 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 127 | 149 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.179 % | 0.151 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 32 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £345 |
| Average daily rate | £308 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £315 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.45 | £24.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.28 | £24.73 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.11 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.43 | £28.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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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 SAN across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
