Local Area Network (LAN) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 44 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 22 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.029 % | 0.030 % |
| As % of the category below | 24.44 % | 20.27 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £287 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £287 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £287 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.54 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.67 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.17 | £22.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.67 | £22.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.50 | £25.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.07 % |
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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 LAN across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.