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.
| Symantec Backup Exec |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 462 | 440 | 461 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -22 |  +21 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 117 | 141 | 75 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.198 % | 0.230 % | 0.136 % |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 3.215 % | 3.913 % | 2.683 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 53 | 58 | 17 |
| Average daily rate | £263 | £238 | £190 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £139 | £142 | £129 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £388 | £375 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £258 | £213 | £195 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 29 | 33 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.00 | £19.00 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.30 | £14.20 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £23.95 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.00 | £19.00 | £15.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category | 3639 | 3603 | 2795 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 6.148 % | 5.872 % | 5.076 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1850 | 1694 | 1236 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £360 | £338 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £210 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £314 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 173 | 219 | 234 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.00 | £23.44 | £21.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £15.00 | £14.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £38.75 | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £24.40 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
