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.
| Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 102 | 134 | 136 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +32 | +2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1060 | 860 | 746 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.813 % | 1.430 % | 1.352 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 11.56 % | 11.08 % | 11.56 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 493 | 426 | 323 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £325 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £186 | £200 | £190 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £475 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £325 | £320 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 100 | 145 | 101 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.50 | £20.00 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £11.50 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £40.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.25 | £21.00 | £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 | |
