 Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.250 % | 10.53 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £309 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £338 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £33.75 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.24 | £25.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 64 | 76 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.087 % | 0.075 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £297 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £311 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.26 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £326 | £376 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 30 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.58 | £33.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.96 | £34.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.34 | £35.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.93 % |
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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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
