Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 20 | 35 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.83 % | 5.263 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £450 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | +63.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.66 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.96 | £22.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.26 | £25.00 |
| 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 | 48 | 57 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.064 % | 0.058 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £330 | £251 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £270 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £330 | £288 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.07 | £21.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.55 | £22.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.51 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.03 | £23.89 |
| 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 Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.