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.
| Virtual Private Network (VPN) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 165 | 238 | 237 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +73 |  -1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 660 | 448 | 358 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.129 % | 0.745 % | 0.649 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 7.197 % | 5.774 % | 5.550 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 287 | 189 | 141 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £300 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £150 | £115 | £170 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £499 | £450 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £263 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 67 | 69 | 64 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £16.25 | £17.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.05 | £10.45 | £11.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £44.75 | £29.25 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.00 | £15.00 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 9171 | 7759 | 6451 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 15.69 % | 12.90 % | 11.69 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4160 | 3539 | 2637 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £215 | £225 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £325 | £308 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 614 | 779 | 699 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £25.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £12.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.50 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £27.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
