 Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 46 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.696 % | 10.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -33.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.56 | £23.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.23 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 46 | 46 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.061 % | 0.046 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £273 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £287 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £301 | £322 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.29 | £26.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.71 | £28.56 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.12 | £30.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.72 | £28.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.38 % |
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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 VPN across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
