| Internet |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 42 | 36 | 52 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 |  +16 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 17 | 14 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 1.623 % | 2.615 % | 1.641 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 8.621 % | 8.374 % | 10.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Average daily rate | £355 | £406 | £356 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £258 | £330 | £278 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £360 | £530 | £470 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £340 | £309 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.50 | £11.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.25 | £18.00 | £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 Internet across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
