 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 115 | 159 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +44 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.381 % | 0.123 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £255 |
| Average daily rate | £303 | £255 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £255 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.52 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £28.48 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.96 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.28 | £24.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.68 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 630 | 814 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.898 % | 0.842 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 178 | 192 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £289 | £304 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £325 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.75 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 127 | 175 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.97 | £27.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.12 | £29.87 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.26 | £31.96 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.34 | £28.77 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.98 % |
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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 SDH across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
