 Ethernet |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 118 | 135 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 34 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.034 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.306 % | 3.732 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £278 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.29 | £19.97 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.07 | £20.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.86 | £21.08 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.32 | £31.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.31 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 726 | 911 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.958 % | 0.907 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 203 | 214 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £335 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £360 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 111 | 147 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.91 | £26.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.83 | £28.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.88 | £28.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.87 % |
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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 Ethernet across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
