 Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 109 | 110 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 171 | 236 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.228 % | 0.239 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.246 % | 7.191 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 33 | 63 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £305 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £322 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £297 | £348 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 53 | 50 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.54 | £24.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.54 | £25.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.77 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.54 | £27.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.49 | £25.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.33 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2360 | 3282 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.146 % | 3.320 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 436 | 732 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £316 | £334 |
| Average daily rate | £337 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £368 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 372 | 517 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.31 | £27.62 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.67 | £29.03 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.02 | £30.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
