 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 43 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.198 % | 1.099 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £270 | - |
| Average daily rate | £310 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.44 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.41 | £32.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 91 | 91 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.121 % | 0.091 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 28 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £230 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £242 |
| % change on same period last year | +46.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £254 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 29 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.89 | £22.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.02 | £23.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.14 | £24.11 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.58 | £28.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.03 % |
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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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
