| Voice Over IP (VoIP) |
| 3 months to
15 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 106 | 100 | 96 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 | -4 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 12 | 56 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 0.242 % | 0.422 % | 1.104 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 1.802 % | 3.209 % | 7.778 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| Average daily rate | £500 | £525 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £369 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £26.00 | £26.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £22.50 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 333 | 374 | 720 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 13.42 % | 13.16 % | 14.19 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 137 | 78 | 165 |
| Average daily rate | £315 | £400 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £225 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £415 | £450 | £488 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £338 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 35 | 82 | 146 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.50 | £25.00 | £28.52 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £12.00 | £15.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.00 | £37.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.50 | £24.00 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VoIP across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
