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 | 133 | 217 | 194 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +84 |  -23 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 381 | 263 | 250 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 1.398 % | 0.839 % | 0.848 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 9.906 % | 6.319 % | 6.991 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 248 | 125 | 134 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £350 | £343 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £196 | £175 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 22 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £27.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £19.45 | £16.55 | £17.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £48.35 | £36.50 | £23.80 |
| 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 | 3846 | 4162 | 3576 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in London | 14.11 % | 13.27 % | 12.13 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2298 | 2400 | 1903 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £425 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £248 | £230 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £595 | £561 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 117 | 147 | 131 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.50 | £20.70 | £20.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £13.15 | £12.68 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.50 | £37.50 | £32.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.00 | £24.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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