 Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 39 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.877 % | 10.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £383 | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £15.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £17.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.92 | £23.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 81 | 120 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.108 % | 0.121 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 47 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | £281 |
| Average daily rate | £344 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £374 | £304 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.85 | £21.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.48 | £21.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +36.61 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.11 | £21.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 VPN across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
