| Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 77 | 77 | 58 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 0 |  -19 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 27 | 23 | 89 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 1.190 % | 1.010 % | 2.250 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 7.965 % | 6.845 % | 17.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £106 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £106 | £106 | £217 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £277 | £273 | £370 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £313 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.00 | £32.50 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £16.20 | £10.73 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £26.50 | £32.50 | £33.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.00 | £18.75 | £27.00 |
| % 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 TCP/IP across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
