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.
| C |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 66 | 87 | 92 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +21 | +5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1429 | 1273 | 999 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 2.414 % | 2.075 % | 1.814 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.001 % | 5.553 % | 4.835 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 618 | 519 | 403 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £263 | £237 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £576 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £400 | £300 | £322 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 218 | 201 | 161 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.00 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.00 | £25.00 | £19.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £50.00 | £44.38 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.50 | £32.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 20410 | 22925 | 20661 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 34.48 % | 37.36 % | 37.52 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12126 | 13248 | 10820 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £413 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £260 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £558 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 698 | 916 | 770 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.50 | £19.50 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
