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.
| SAP Human Resources (HR) |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 137 | 98 | 109 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -39 |  +11 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 20 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 0.059 % | 0.718 % | 0.363 % |
| As % of the Business Applications category | 0.851 % | 9.009 % | 6.803 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £463 | £366 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £495 | £480 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £27.25 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category | 235 | 222 | 147 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West | 6.967 % | 7.974 % | 5.334 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 139 | 110 | 81 |
| Average daily rate | £446 | £400 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £334 | £275 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £510 | £458 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £438 | £420 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.92 | £33.75 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.35 | £24.07 | £28.25 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £29.50 | £35.00 | £36.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.50 | £21.48 | £33.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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