| Local Area Network (LAN) |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 70 | 69 | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -1 | -8 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 34 | 28 | 86 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 1.534 % | 1.233 % | 2.198 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 10.37 % | 8.260 % | 17.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 8 | 17 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | £300 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £202 | £197 | £171 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £284 | £375 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £286 | £300 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £16.50 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.88 | £10.90 | £10.79 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.50 | £35.20 | £36.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £21.50 | £21.25 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 328 | 339 | 506 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 14.80 % | 14.93 % | 12.93 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 92 | 52 | 93 |
| Average daily rate | £270 | £275 | £315 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £194 | £128 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £413 | £425 | £464 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £336 | £340 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 45 | 66 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.25 | £21.00 | £27.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £10.00 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.50 | £35.00 | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.00 | £24.00 | £28.50 |
| % 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 LAN across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
