 Local Area Network (LAN) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 80 | 49 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -31 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 47 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.048 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.422 % | 15.06 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £371 | £389 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £392 | £411 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.54 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £16.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.50 | £25.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.07 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 263 | 312 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.351 % | 0.316 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 111 | 110 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.48 | £18.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.86 | £20.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +56.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.23 | £22.54 |
| 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 LAN across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
