Wide Area Network (WAN) |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 67 | 48 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 51 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.051 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.82 % | 17.71 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £328 | £344 |
| Average daily rate | £354 | £364 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £380 | £385 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £311 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £15.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.50 | £16.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +39.63 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.00 | £18.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.36 | £25.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.90 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 203 | 288 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.268 % | 0.287 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £295 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £314 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.47 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £334 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.02 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.95 | £22.37 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.54 | £24.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.14 | £27.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.88 | £28.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.87 % |
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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 WAN across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.