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 | 28 | 25 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-3 | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne | 2.299 % | 0.521 % | - |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 6.122 % | 1.887 % | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £283 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| 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 | 98 | 53 | 34 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne | 37.55 % | 27.60 % | 21.94 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 48 | 18 | 18 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £275 | £200 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £210 | £150 | £117 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £452 | £408 | £321 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £16.25 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.00 | £24.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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