Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 86 | 85 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 48 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.051 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.414 % | 9.856 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £177 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £187 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -48.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £198 | £373 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £299 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | £21.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.50 | £23.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +84.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £24.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.47 | £26.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.49 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 314 | 487 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.414 % | 0.517 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 65 | 86 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £275 | £343 |
| Average daily rate | £299 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 29 | 37 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.28 | £21.52 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.45 | £23.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.62 | £25.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.58 | £28.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.35 % |
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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 DHCP across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.