 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 101 | 116 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 22 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.030 % | 0.024 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.297 % | 5.085 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £279 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £296 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.09 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £313 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £384 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £35.67 | £31.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.92 | £35.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.17 | £39.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.83 | £31.47 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.69 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 512 | 472 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.692 % | 0.465 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 114 | 71 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £303 | £283 |
| Average daily rate | £327 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 82 | 120 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.28 | £29.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.96 | £32.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.52 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.65 | £36.28 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.70 | £28.54 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.93 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BGP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
