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.
| Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 294 | 414 | 392 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +120 |  -22 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 330 | 167 | 147 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.558 % | 0.272 % | 0.267 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 3.562 % | 2.126 % | 2.280 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 165 | 81 | 60 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £313 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £238 | £233 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £440 | £396 | £428 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £325 | £338 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £23.36 | £30.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £22.50 | £21.24 | £21.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £35.56 | £38.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £23.36 | £32.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 9264 | 7856 | 6447 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 15.65 % | 12.80 % | 11.71 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4209 | 3569 | 2640 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £215 | £220 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £325 | £310 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 611 | 777 | 700 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £12.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.25 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £27.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
