| Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +21 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 14 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon | 11.45 % | 9.859 % | 3.521 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 52.78 % | 26.92 % | 20.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £258 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £316 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.50 | - | £28.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.75 | £22.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 36 | 52 | 50 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon | 21.69 % | 36.62 % | 17.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 24 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £388 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £336 | £340 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 13 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.50 | £25.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.10 | £9.50 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.00 | £32.25 | £28.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.00 | £24.00 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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 WAN across the Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
