| Network Architect |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 202 | 184 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 9 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.056 % | 0.138 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £424 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £430 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.16 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £436 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £452 | £494 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.50 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £45.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £47.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7198 | 6535 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 10.13 % | 6.604 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3887 | 2676 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £407 | £444 |
| Average daily rate | £443 | £472 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £479 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 315 | 235 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.77 | £22.97 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.61 | £24.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.45 | £25.57 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.76 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.77 % |
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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 Network Architect across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
