| Local Area Network (LAN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +22 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 12 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon | 14.88 % | 8.759 % | 3.371 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 60.98 % | 25.53 % | 16.98 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £225 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £278 | £325 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.50 | - | £26.26 |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £28.00 | - | £24.45 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £33.65 | - | £28.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.00 | £22.00 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 41 | 47 | 53 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon | 24.40 % | 34.31 % | 19.85 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 21 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £375 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 14 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.00 | £25.00 | £24.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 LAN across the Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
