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.
| Change Management |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 46 | 43 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -3 |  +12 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2041 | 2346 | 1564 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 3.448 % | 3.823 % | 2.841 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.162 % | 5.723 % | 4.515 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1235 | 1404 | 832 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £450 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £259 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £600 | £575 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £374 | £363 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 37 | 58 | 48 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £23.00 | £24.99 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £14.80 | £13.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £41.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £20.50 | £25.97 |
| % 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 | |
