 Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 54 | 62 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.174 % | 2.564 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £200 |
| % change on same period last year | +50.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £200 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £360 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.44 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.21 | £22.37 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.18 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 138 | 156 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.187 % | 0.154 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 42 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £277 | £282 |
| Average daily rate | £299 | £288 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.77 | £23.31 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.29 | £23.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.82 | £23.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.93 % |
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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 VPN across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
