East of England SONET Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SONET over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
Location City of London East of England England London UK	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	679	821
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.918 %	0.810 %
Daily rates quoted	204	200
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£321
Average daily rate	£321	£341
% change on same period last year	-5.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£343	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£341
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	104	154
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.07	£25.89
Average hourly rate	£26.28	£27.88
% change on same period last year	-5.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.49	£29.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£28.54
% change on same period last year	-9.93 %
SONET England

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.

SONET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SONET across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

SONET
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SONET across the East of England region.