 Domain Name System (DNS) |
| 3 months to
3 Jul 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 163 | 142 |
| Rank change on the same period last year |  -21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 311 | 893 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.905 % | 1.160 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 6.504 % | 8.613 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 100 | 290 |
| Average daily rate | £288 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change on the same period last year | -17.85 % |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £170 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 47 | 153 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.25 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year | +36.25 % |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.70 | £14.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +50.00 % |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 4782 | 10368 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 13.92 % | 13.47 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1298 | 2833 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change on the same period last year | -7.140 % |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £218 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £473 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.44 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 522 | 1234 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.50 | £23.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year | +6.520 % |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £13.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £23.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.690 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DNS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
