Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 62 | 35 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.082 % | 0.037 % |
| As % of the category below | 29.81 % | 21.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £409 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £434 | £225 |
| % change on same period last year | +92.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £459 | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.75 | £19.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.63 | £22.60 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.50 | £25.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.91 | £25.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.55 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 208 | 166 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.274 % | 0.174 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £442 | £258 |
| Average daily rate | £461 | £277 |
| % change on same period last year | +66.55 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £480 | £295 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 26 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.07 | £20.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.48 | £22.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +41.36 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.90 | £24.16 |
| 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 TCP/IP across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.