| Firewall Engineer |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 190 | 196 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.168 % | 0.015 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £417 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.83 % |
| 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 | - | £26.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7155 | 6541 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 10.17 % | 6.606 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3878 | 2689 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £408 | £443 |
| Average daily rate | £444 | £471 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £480 | £499 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 310 | 235 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.47 | £23.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.30 | £24.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.14 | £25.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.69 | £25.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
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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 Firewall Engineer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
