 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 21 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 18.75 % | 10.81 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £300 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.35 | £22.77 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.52 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 37 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.037 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £256 | £270 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | £337 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.69 | £20.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.23 | £24.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.77 | £27.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.35 | £28.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.11 % |
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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 WAN across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
