Note that 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.
| Storage Area Network (SAN) |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 88 | 83 | 110 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -5 |  +27 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1210 | 1335 | 870 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 2.044 % | 2.176 % | 1.580 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 13.06 % | 16.99 % | 13.49 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 648 | 713 | 438 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £390 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £236 | £240 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £368 | £349 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 57 | 59 | 67 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £26.50 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.10 | £16.70 | £16.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.50 | £37.20 | £42.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.00 | £26.50 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 9264 | 7856 | 6447 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 15.65 % | 12.80 % | 11.71 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4209 | 3569 | 2640 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £215 | £220 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £325 | £310 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 611 | 777 | 700 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £12.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.25 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £27.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
