 Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 494 | 613 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +119 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 77 | 59 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.108 % | 0.059 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.806 % | 0.437 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £322 | £317 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £370 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £395 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 33 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.76 | £33.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.76 | £36.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.62 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.76 | £39.32 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.09 | £37.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9556 | 13496 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.35 % | 13.56 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2740 | 3509 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £345 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £385 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1202 | 1863 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.18 | £26.24 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.89 | £28.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.77 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.59 | £30.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.35 | £28.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.11 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DVB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
