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.
| Third Line Support |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 319 | 308 | 339 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -11 |  +31 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 287 | 310 | 206 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.485 % | 0.505 % | 0.374 % |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.524 % | 0.545 % | 0.407 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 132 | 100 | 82 |
| Average daily rate | £266 | £250 | £244 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £192 | £180 | £163 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £350 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £258 | £240 | £250 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 42 | 54 | 64 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.75 | £21.25 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.50 | £15.00 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £29.00 | £29.27 | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.81 | £21.25 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category | 54778 | 56882 | 50613 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 92.55 % | 92.70 % | 91.92 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30201 | 30929 | 24313 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £425 | £410 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £240 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2595 | 2925 | 2766 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.75 | £20.00 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £11.00 | £10.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £40.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.00 | £20.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
