 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 116 | 128 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.333 % | 0.362 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £50 |
| Average daily rate | £213 | £50 |
| % change on same period last year | +325.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £225 | £50 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £359 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £7.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £7.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £8.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £34.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.60 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 450 | 553 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.600 % | 0.559 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 123 | 102 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £281 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 61 | 119 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.57 | £29.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.17 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.77 | £36.99 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.81 | £28.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.70 % |
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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 FTP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
