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 | 14 | 28 | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +14 |  -16 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth | 5.505 % | 1.887 % | 5.814 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 19.35 % | 4.615 % | 14.29 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.00 | £24.00 |
| 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 | 31 | 65 | 35 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth | 28.44 % | 40.88 % | 40.70 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 17 | 5 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £313 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £232 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £575 | £463 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 34 | 10 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £35.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.00 | £13.15 | £24.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.00 | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.00 | £24.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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