 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 120 | 119 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.014 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.188 % | 4.235 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £282 | £370 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £405 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £307 | £440 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.35 | £40.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.69 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 457 | 614 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.638 % | 0.617 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 99 | 112 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £337 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 71 | 86 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.33 | £23.59 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.21 | £24.59 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.09 | £25.59 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.35 | £28.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.11 % |
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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 HTTP across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
