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 | 88 | 72 | 77 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -16 |  +5 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 39 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 0.898 % | 1.397 % | 0.490 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 7.164 % | 11.24 % | 4.808 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 17 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £350 | £264 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £31.44 | £15.15 |
| 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 | 335 | 347 | 208 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland | 12.53 % | 12.43 % | 10.20 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 157 | 131 | 74 |
| Average daily rate | £329 | £350 | £312 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £210 | £220 | £190 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £444 | £450 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 22 | 25 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £22.50 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.32 | £11.50 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.70 | £175.00 | £38.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.00 | £24.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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