 Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 22 | 29 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.28 % | 3.704 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £85 |
| Average daily rate | £294 | £88 |
| % change on same period last year | +235.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £338 | £90 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.36 | £25.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.90 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 57 | 54 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.075 % | 0.054 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £264 | £308 |
| Average daily rate | £304 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.93 | £18.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.23 | £19.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.54 | £20.57 |
| 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 WAN across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
