| Firewall |
| 3 months to
16 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 93 | 67 | 67 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -26 |  0 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 140 | 93 | 165 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London | 1.677 % | 2.277 % | 2.118 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 18.84 % | 19.91 % | 18.75 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 88 | 51 | 59 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £325 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £255 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £400 | £525 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £370 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £22.25 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £22.00 | £19.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.50 | £22.85 | £27.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.00 | £22.50 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 743 | 467 | 880 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London | 8.902 % | 11.43 % | 11.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 427 | 231 | 397 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £350 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £265 | £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 | 42 | 25 | 76 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £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 | £27.60 |
| % 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 Firewall across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
