Note that 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.
| Cisco Certification |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 111 | 173 | 173 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +62 |  0 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 944 | 608 | 526 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in England | 1.742 % | 1.076 % | 1.023 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 9.940 % | 6.815 % | 6.655 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 484 | 264 | 228 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £300 | £315 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £180 | £200 | £175 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £463 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 45 | 64 | 82 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £30.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.00 | £14.75 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.75 | £47.40 | £32.02 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.50 | £30.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 9497 | 8922 | 7904 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in England | 17.52 % | 15.79 % | 15.38 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5041 | 4340 | 3665 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £375 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £218 | £225 | £205 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £550 | £525 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 521 | 609 | 602 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £22.50 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £12.12 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £40.00 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.00 | £24.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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