| Firewall |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 82 | 52 | 75 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -30 |  +23 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 27 | 28 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 0.521 % | 1.822 % | 0.976 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 8.929 % | 12.50 % | 9.459 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 10 | 9 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £425 | £314 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £257 | £207 | £217 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £503 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.00 | £22.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.00 | £22.50 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 112 | 216 | 296 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 5.830 % | 14.57 % | 10.32 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 59 | 66 |
| Average daily rate | £245 | £300 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £185 | £177 | £153 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £475 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £336 | £340 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 29 | 27 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.50 | £40.00 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £17.40 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.50 | £42.50 | £33.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.00 | £24.00 | £28.50 |
| % 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 Firewall across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
