| Local Area Network (LAN) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 29 | 43 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +14 | +2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales | 2.390 % | 1.972 % | 2.862 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 16.67 % | 15.63 % | 22.46 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £350 | £338 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £344 | £350 | £247 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £412 | £350 | £451 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £325 | £345 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.25 | £15.50 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.50 | £13.90 | £18.40 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.65 | £17.10 | £37.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.50 | £22.00 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 72 | 64 | 138 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales | 14.34 % | 12.62 % | 12.74 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 18 | 33 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £321 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £180 | £249 | £263 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £460 | £521 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £338 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £13.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.50 | £9.85 | £27.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £24.50 | £22.74 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LAN across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
