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.
| Agile Software Development |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 36 | 30 | 37 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 |  +7 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2592 | 2943 | 2178 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 4.379 % | 4.796 % | 3.956 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 6.555 % | 7.179 % | 6.288 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1654 | 1836 | 1203 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £425 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £288 | £300 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 58 | 29 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.75 | £35.75 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £26.55 | £26.85 | £20.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.75 | £50.00 | £38.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.25 | £35.00 | £34.25 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category | 39542 | 40992 | 34637 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 66.81 % | 66.80 % | 62.91 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22721 | 23308 | 17347 |
| Average daily rate | £403 | £440 | £413 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £275 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £585 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £375 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1277 | 1463 | 1258 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £29.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £13.50 | £13.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £30.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
