 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 32 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 16.67 % | 16.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £372 | £180 |
| Average daily rate | £383 | £190 |
| % change on same period last year | +101.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £394 | £200 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £22.67 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £23.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.24 | £26.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.76 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 84 | 116 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.112 % | 0.117 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £358 | £231 |
| Average daily rate | £370 | £245 |
| % change on same period last year | +51.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £383 | £259 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 32 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.61 | £20.04 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.80 | £21.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £22.32 |
| 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 WAN across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
