Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 67 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 106 | 114 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.141 % | 0.115 % |
| As % of the category below | 15.73 % | 13.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £291 | £265 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £273 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £370 | £281 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 32 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.92 | £25.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £26.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.08 | £27.64 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.03 | £25.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.20 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 674 | 816 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.898 % | 0.826 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 200 | 168 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £328 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 106 | 131 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.71 | £25.53 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.55 | £27.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.39 | £29.42 |
| 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 TCP/IP across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.