| Nortel Networks Symposium |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 100 | 122 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.389 % | 1.429 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £280 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -37.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 257 | 420 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.362 % | 0.424 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 65 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £309 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £344 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £352 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 45 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.37 | £16.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.16 | £17.78 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.95 | £18.85 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.43 | £28.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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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 Symposium across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
