| Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 68 | 77 | 99 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 | +22 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 34 | 50 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England | 1.174 % | 1.518 % | 1.158 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 6.090 % | 5.842 % | 7.052 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £350 | £184 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £260 | £280 | £140 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £411 | £460 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £345 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.25 | £15.00 | £13.60 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £33.13 | £15.00 | £43.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £24.00 | £20.40 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 312 | 582 | 709 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England | 19.28 % | 25.98 % | 16.42 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 82 | 129 | 203 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £340 | £338 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £240 | £160 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £336 | £340 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £33.50 | £27.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.70 | £15.00 | £12.94 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.00 | £24.00 | £28.50 |
| % 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 DNS across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
