| Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to 19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 40 | 29 | 54 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-11 | +25 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes | 0.941 % | 3.409 % | 1.992 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 6.061 % | 25.00 % | 11.18 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | - | £325 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £47.00 | £37.10 | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.00 | £24.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the Communications & Networking category | 66 | 48 | 170 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes | 15.53 % | 13.64 % | 17.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 25 | 23 |
| Average daily rate | £278 | £343 | £313 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £140 | £233 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £371 | £425 | £387 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £37.10 | £39.42 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £37.10 | £16.40 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.00 | £37.10 | £50.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 DNS across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.