| Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 42 | 47 | 72 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +5 | +25 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 0.780 % | 1.312 % | 1.382 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 2.759 % | 3.086 % | 7.721 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | - | - | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £345 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.25 | £15.00 | £18.70 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £19.45 | £15.00 | £13.60 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.25 | £15.00 | £20.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £24.00 | £20.40 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 145 | 324 | 272 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 28.27 % | 42.52 % | 17.91 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 44 | 101 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £325 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £250 | £227 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £400 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £336 | £340 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 25 | 31 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £35.00 | £19.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.00 | £15.00 | £12.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.30 | £46.50 | £26.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.00 | £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 DNS across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
