 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 46 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.579 % | 8.750 % |
| 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 | £411 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £21.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £21.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £21.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.06 | £33.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.17 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 76 | 80 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.107 % | 0.081 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £306 | £233 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £256 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £331 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.90 | £22.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.03 | £22.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.16 | £23.19 |
| 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 OSPF across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
