| Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 35 | 44 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 |  -8 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 9 | 31 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 2.760 % | 1.385 % | 3.634 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 14.66 % | 4.433 % | 23.48 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £325 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £35.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.00 | £24.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 116 | 203 | 132 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 18.83 % | 31.23 % | 15.47 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 40 | 18 | 50 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £330 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £213 | £187 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £560 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 13 | 11 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £13.75 | £22.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.50 | £10.00 | £12.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.80 | £52.75 | £32.50 |
| 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 DNS across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
