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 Engineer |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 402 | 480 | 393 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +78 |  -87 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 177 | 101 | 146 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.299 % | 0.165 % | 0.265 % |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.323 % | 0.178 % | 0.288 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 97 | 54 | 68 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £290 | £314 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £190 | £184 | £170 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £540 | £464 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £270 | £270 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £31.41 | £20.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.15 | £19.00 | £14.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.50 | £39.25 | £29.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £25.69 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category | 54778 | 56882 | 50613 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 92.55 % | 92.70 % | 91.92 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30201 | 30929 | 24313 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £425 | £410 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £240 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2595 | 2925 | 2766 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.75 | £20.00 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £11.00 | £10.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £40.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.00 | £20.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
