 Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 350 | 339 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 267 | 317 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.343 % | 0.356 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.639 % | 2.518 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 89 | 64 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £324 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £339 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £353 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £308 | £281 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 51 | 63 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.11 | £22.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.91 | £23.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.71 | £25.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.07 | £24.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.14 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 10116 | 12590 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.98 % | 14.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2754 | 2903 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1323 | 1513 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.72 | £25.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.73 | £26.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.73 | £28.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.75 | £27.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.08 % |
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 WINS across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
