| Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 24 | 30 | 53 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +6 | +23 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands | 2.429 % | 1.538 % | 0.890 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 26.09 % | 16.22 % | 12.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | - | £320 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £320 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.50 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.50 | £22.00 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 23 | 37 | 98 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands | 9.312 % | 9.487 % | 7.265 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £300 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £310 | £249 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £335 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.00 | £22.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WAN across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
