| Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 17 | - | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 - |  0 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle Upon Tyne | 1.053 % | - | 0.676 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 6.250 % | - | 4.348 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £18.00 | £18.25 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 16 | 13 | 23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle Upon Tyne | 16.84 % | 13.83 % | 15.54 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £295 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £115 | £199 | £185 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £340 | £325 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £27.50 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £27.50 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.00 | £27.50 | £27.00 |
| 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 VPN across the Newcastle Upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
