| Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 39 | 34 | 49 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -5 |  +15 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 7 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire | 2.432 % | 1.651 % | 1.190 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 10.74 % | 10.14 % | 8.065 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | £178 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £320 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.75 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.39 | £35.00 | £16.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.50 | £36.60 | £40.00 |
| 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 | 149 | 69 | 124 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire | 22.64 % | 16.27 % | 14.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 14 | 31 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £275 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £230 | £121 | £209 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £350 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 6 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £35.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.70 | £21.80 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.50 | £39.40 | £40.00 |
| 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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
