 Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 197 | 189 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.623 % | 0.945 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £500 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £513 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £525 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.77 % |
| 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 | £35.63 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.93 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 802 | 847 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.140 % | 0.855 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 414 | 365 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £364 | £395 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £409 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £423 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 58 | 57 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.02 | £21.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.74 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.45 | £24.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.56 | £28.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.06 % |
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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 DMZ across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
