 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
4 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 50 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.667 % | 11.52 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £438 |
| Average daily rate | - | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £463 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.00 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.25 | £18.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +52.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.50 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.80 | £22.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.64 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 60 | 165 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.097 % | 0.180 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 41 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £368 | £297 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £414 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £20.34 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.42 | £21.95 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.77 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.83 | £23.57 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.86 | £28.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.64 % |
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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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
