| Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 35 | 49 | 48 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +14 |  -1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 10 | 49 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 2.312 % | 1.351 % | 3.213 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 7.595 % | 3.257 % | 17.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £300 | £450 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £323 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.75 | £15.00 | £18.70 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.15 | £15.00 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £28.60 | £21.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.00 | £18.88 | £27.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 158 | 307 | 275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 30.44 % | 41.49 % | 18.03 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 39 | 104 |
| 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 | £30.00 | £18.70 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.30 | £14.90 | £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 TCP/IP across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
