| Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to
17 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 147 | 86 | 113 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -61 |  +27 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 71 | 68 | 96 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London | 0.831 % | 1.683 % | 1.219 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 9.367 % | 14.69 % | 10.77 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 35 | 46 |
| Average daily rate | £364 | £350 | £438 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £300 | £255 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £463 | £520 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.00 | £30.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £24.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 758 | 463 | 891 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London | 8.876 % | 11.46 % | 11.31 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 430 | 231 | 402 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £350 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £264 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 46 | 25 | 76 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.50 | £22.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £11.20 | £14.10 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £30.00 | £37.30 |
| 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 DNS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
