| Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 31 | 42 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +11 | +5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East | 0.637 % | 0.423 % | 1.330 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.651 % | 3.333 % | 12.36 % |
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | £16.50 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | 43 | 60 | 89 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East | 13.69 % | 12.68 % | 10.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 18 | 21 |
| Average daily rate | £105 | £350 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | £16.50 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £8.20 | £10.70 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.00 | £23.25 | £27.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
