Internet |
| 3 months to 13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 81 | 91 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.115 % | 0.092 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.92 % | 14.80 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £422 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £427 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +37.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £432 | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.42 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.25 | £12.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.94 | £13.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +104.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.63 | £14.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.87 | £26.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 452 | 615 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.639 % | 0.623 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 96 | 115 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 77 | 91 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.02 | £23.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.89 | £24.38 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.30 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.77 | £25.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.44 | £28.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.09 % |
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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 Internet across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.