| Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 41 | 50 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 | +2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds | 1.964 % | 1.351 % | 1.644 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 21.57 % | 19.05 % | 13.85 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | - | £423 |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £300 | - | £421 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £368 | - | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £320 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £26.00 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.50 | £22.00 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 51 | 42 | 130 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds | 9.107 % | 7.095 % | 11.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 4 | 28 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £385 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £288 | £194 | £150 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £380 | £473 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 22 |
| Average hourly rate | £9.00 | £39.00 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 WAN across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
