 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 246 | 269 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 161 | 236 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.212 % | 0.247 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.232 % | 4.395 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 49 | 53 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £376 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £299 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.91 | £22.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.76 | £23.49 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.61 | £24.96 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.36 | £26.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3804 | 5370 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.015 % | 5.615 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1414 | 1680 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £357 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £399 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 305 | 499 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.96 | £24.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.38 | £26.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.80 | £28.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.60 | £28.49 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.13 % |
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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 DHCP across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
