| Storage Area Network (SAN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 17 | 51 | 62 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +34 | +11 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 9 | 27 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 5.631 % | 1.211 % | 1.766 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 18.13 % | 2.932 % | 9.677 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £388 | £440 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.25 | £17.50 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.50 | £30.00 | £30.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 160 | 307 | 279 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 31.07 % | 41.32 % | 18.25 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 40 | 106 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £325 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £173 | £250 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £400 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 18 | 34 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £31.00 | £18.70 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.30 | £15.00 | £14.44 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.50 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % 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 SAN across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
