| Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
| 3 months to
16 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 46 | 59 | 83 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +13 | +24 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 5 | 13 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 1.401 % | 0.546 % | 0.614 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 11.11 % | 3.356 % | 6.806 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £133 | - | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.25 | - | £15.00 |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.90 | - | £13.30 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.00 | - | £23.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.25 | £18.50 | £18.25 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 126 | 149 | 191 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 12.61 % | 16.28 % | 9.022 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 34 | 35 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £215 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £170 | £165 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £358 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 36 | 18 | 45 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.50 | £22.50 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £7.50 | £12.16 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.50 | £23.25 | £25.00 |
| 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 VPN across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
