 Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 525 | 580 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +55 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 64 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.069 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.133 % | 0.516 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 19 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £365 | £278 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £417 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £424 | £253 |
| % change on same period last year | +67.65 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.00 | £36.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £45.00 | £43.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8274 | 12411 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.29 % | 13.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2196 | 3203 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £379 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1143 | 1746 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.81 | £26.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.46 | £28.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.12 | £30.16 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.82 | £28.43 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
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 RTP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
