 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 92 | 91 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1230 | 1690 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.639 % | 1.710 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.88 % | 13.18 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 366 | 404 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £334 | £339 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £371 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 174 | 261 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.72 | £24.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.07 | £26.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.42 | £28.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.24 | £26.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.76 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9547 | 12818 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.73 % | 12.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2770 | 3286 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £359 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £381 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1156 | 1649 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.97 | £26.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.62 | £28.26 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.28 | £30.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 WAN across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
