 Voice Over IP (VoIP) |
| 3 months to
5 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 29 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.009 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.00 % | 16.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | £35.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.53 | £27.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 50 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.065 % | 0.055 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £263 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £264 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £265 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.29 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.55 | £31.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.39 | £33.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.23 | £35.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.83 | £28.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
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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 VoIP across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
