 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 60 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.263 % | 3.243 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £550 | £385 |
| Average daily rate | £575 | £455 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £600 | £525 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £371 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.76 | £38.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -43.95 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 133 | 185 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.216 % | 0.202 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 60 | 81 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £267 | £248 |
| Average daily rate | £277 | £257 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £287 | £265 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.75 | £34.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.71 | £34.39 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.51 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.67 | £34.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.86 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.64 % |
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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 HTTP across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
