| Network Engineer |
| 3 months to 5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.020 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.439 % | 2.670 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £285 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £285 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £285 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £23.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.50 | £24.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.00 | £25.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.56 | £25.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 695 | 749 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.939 % | 0.739 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 249 | 225 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 94 | 168 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.08 | £28.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.90 | £28.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.71 | £29.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
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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 Network Engineer across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.