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 | 27 | 35 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +8 |  - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear | 4.025 % | 0.758 % | - |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 11.40 % | 3.279 % | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | - | - |
| 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 | 114 | 61 | 35 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear | 35.29 % | 23.11 % | 17.33 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 53 | 23 | 19 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £288 | £200 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £209 | £160 | £100 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £455 | £430 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 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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