 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 68 | 85 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.870 % | 3.086 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £325 |
| Average daily rate | - | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £399 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.00 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +56.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.97 | £36.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.48 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 230 | 324 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.362 % | 0.347 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 51 | 103 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £359 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 43 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.28 | £24.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.97 | £26.85 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.65 | £29.27 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.93 | £29.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.05 % |
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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 OSPF across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
