Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 389 | 440 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +51 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 39 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.041 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.263 % | 0.726 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £535 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £576 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £618 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £514 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £22.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.06 | £27.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +40.48 % |
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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 DSL across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.