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.
| Configuration Management |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 141 | 126 | 124 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -15 | -2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 800 | 939 | 787 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.352 % | 1.530 % | 1.429 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.023 % | 2.291 % | 2.272 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 433 | 384 | 369 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £375 | £360 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £220 | £240 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £578 | £535 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £325 | £333 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 42 | 78 | 64 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.75 | £37.00 | £24.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.50 | £21.80 | £19.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £54.50 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.00 | £36.98 | £24.50 |
| % 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 | |
