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 | 39 | 48 | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 |  -10 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 1.887 % | 0.988 % | 1.171 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 10.26 % | 3.922 % | 7.813 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | - | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.00 | £17.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | 78 | 102 | 64 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 18.40 % | 25.19 % | 14.99 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 34 | 41 | 29 |
| Average daily rate | £125 | £100 | £225 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £99 | £75 | £80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £448 | £431 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 24 | 18 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.98 | £37.50 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £12.00 | £9.90 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £95.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.00 | £24.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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