 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 360 | 350 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 255 | 345 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.336 % | 0.366 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.480 % | 2.593 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 75 | 117 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £384 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £405 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £427 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £376 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.27 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.78 | £30.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.22 | £35.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.67 | £40.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.22 | £36.04 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 10283 | 13303 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.56 % | 14.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2823 | 3227 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £369 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £380 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1224 | 1649 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.05 | £25.99 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.70 | £27.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.35 | £29.61 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.58 | £28.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.35 % |
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 LDAP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
