Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 54 | 51 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.024 % | 0.022 % |
| As % of the category below | 9.375 % | 11.28 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £367 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £429 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.62 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £383 | £492 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.18 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.68 | £23.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.18 | £28.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.49 | £25.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 192 | 195 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.256 % | 0.197 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 40 | 68 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.96 | £28.09 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.54 | £29.93 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.13 | £31.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 DNS across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.