| Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 81 | 69 | 100 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -12 |  +31 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 31 | 39 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 1.014 % | 1.361 % | 0.986 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 6.785 % | 9.226 % | 7.573 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | £302 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £160 | £280 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £322 | £323 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.00 | £22.50 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.20 | £14.10 | £12.60 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £33.40 | £32.50 | £29.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.00 | £24.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 339 | 336 | 515 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 14.95 % | 14.75 % | 13.02 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 97 | 48 | 98 |
| Average daily rate | £272 | £275 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £199 | £130 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 32 | 44 | 66 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.75 | £22.50 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.10 | £13.85 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.50 | £35.20 | £38.50 |
| 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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
