| Nortel Networks Symposium |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 560 | 575 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 78 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.026 % | 0.077 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.189 % | 0.563 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 19 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £321 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £327 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.33 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £8.50 | £45.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £8.75 | £45.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -80.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £9.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £8.75 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 10056 | 13845 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.59 % | 13.65 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2944 | 3652 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £354 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £382 | £388 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1215 | 1749 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.02 | £26.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.60 | £28.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.18 | £30.23 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.93 % |
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 Symposium within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
