 Secure Shell (SSH) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 503 | 521 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 69 | 102 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.089 % | 0.115 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.679 % | 0.814 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £357 | £323 |
| Average daily rate | £369 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £380 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £354 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.37 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 10163 | 12531 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.04 % | 14.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2762 | 2902 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £343 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1327 | 1505 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.61 | £25.29 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.60 | £26.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.60 | £28.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.63 | £27.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SSH across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
