Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 46 | 66 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.017 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.44 % | 5.405 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £275 | £335 |
| Average daily rate | £299 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.17 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.25 | £23.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.33 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.49 | £25.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 90 | 148 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.120 % | 0.150 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 23 | 32 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £282 | £298 |
| Average daily rate | £297 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £312 | £302 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.18 | £23.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.43 | £24.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.68 | £25.08 |
| 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 DNS across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.