 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 128 | 140 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.207 % | 0.666 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £200 |
| Average daily rate | - | £225 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £306 | £472 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.16 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £8.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £9.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +277.77 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.00 | £10.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.54 | £30.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 483 | 601 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.653 % | 0.593 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 92 | 116 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £311 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 87 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.44 | £22.95 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.82 | £23.99 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.19 | £25.03 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.93 % |
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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 DSL across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
