Local Area Network (LAN) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 80 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +31 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 343 | 331 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.457 % | 0.335 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.53 % | 10.09 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 88 | 53 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £297 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £352 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.54 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 61 | 90 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.55 | £25.45 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.49 | £26.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.43 | £28.01 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.50 | £25.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.07 % |
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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 LAN across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.