 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) |
| 3 months to
3 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 306 | 269 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -37 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 225 | 463 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.363 % | 0.505 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.891 % | 4.022 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 146 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £371 |
| Average daily rate | £403 | £384 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £422 | £397 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 38 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.67 | £31.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.90 | £33.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.13 | £36.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.88 | £34.37 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.05 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7784 | 11511 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.57 % | 12.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2077 | 3024 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £337 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £380 | £370 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1083 | 1639 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.79 | £26.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.45 | £28.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.11 | £30.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.93 | £28.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.39 % |
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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 BGP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
