| Local Area Network (LAN) |
| 3 months to 15 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 25 | 41 | 43 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+16 | +2 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 2.800 % | 0.484 % | 1.239 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 15.91 % | 4.651 % | 15.22 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £273 | - | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £282 | £323 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.50 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £22.00 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the Communications & Networking category | 44 | 43 | 46 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 17.60 % | 10.41 % | 8.142 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Average daily rate | £263 | £400 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £300 | £226 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £313 | £650 | £460 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £338 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.25 | £36.75 | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.05 | £16.00 | £17.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £28.45 | £44.55 | £39.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.50 | £24.00 | £28.50 |
| % 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 LAN across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.