| Firewall |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 55 | 28 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -27 |  +17 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 13 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh | 0.448 % | 2.490 % | 1.103 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 8.696 % | 22.03 % | 11.84 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Average daily rate | £265 | £400 | £283 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £235 | £224 | £201 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £413 | £440 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £375 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.00 | £22.50 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 46 | 59 | 76 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh | 5.151 % | 11.30 % | 9.314 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 18 | 17 |
| Average daily rate | £265 | £308 | £306 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £231 | £180 | £190 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £365 | £450 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | £8.00 | £22.50 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % 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 Firewall across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
