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.
| 3G |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 162 | 245 | 189 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +83 |  -56 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 685 | 446 | 480 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.157 % | 0.727 % | 0.872 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 7.394 % | 5.677 % | 7.445 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 101 | 66 | 62 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £300 | £225 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £130 | £112 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £459 | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £280 | £315 | £225 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 34 | 30 | 29 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.00 | £37.50 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.50 | £16.50 | £13.33 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.40 | £50.00 | £35.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.00 | £40.00 | £24.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 9264 | 7856 | 6447 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 15.65 % | 12.80 % | 11.71 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4209 | 3569 | 2640 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £215 | £220 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £325 | £310 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 611 | 777 | 700 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £12.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.25 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £27.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
