 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 38 | 25 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.020 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.00 % | 25.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £272 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | +51.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £289 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.50 | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £12.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +140.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.50 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.85 | £23.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.34 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 32 | 80 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.045 % | 0.081 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £273 |
| Average daily rate | £386 | £278 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £397 | £283 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.61 | £27.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.69 | £29.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.77 | £30.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.44 | £28.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.09 % |
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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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
