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.
| C# |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 32 | 25 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +2 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire | 3.291 % | 2.941 % | 0.966 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 14.44 % | 16.00 % | 3.774 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £215 | £185 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £310 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.75 | £35.00 | £29.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 90 | 50 | 53 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire | 22.78 % | 18.38 % | 25.60 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 67 | 32 | 22 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £300 | £240 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £200 | £210 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £434 | £475 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £19.00 | £31.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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