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.
| Firmware |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 501 | 435 | 466 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -66 |  +31 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 78 | 146 | 70 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.132 % | 0.238 % | 0.127 % |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.558 % | 0.867 % | 0.442 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 57 | 11 |
| Average daily rate | £360 | £275 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £200 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £394 | £385 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £275 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 30 | 14 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.75 | £32.50 | £32.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.97 | £21.00 | £21.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.00 | £37.55 | £36.05 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.75 | £33.00 | £33.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category | 13980 | 16830 | 15833 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 23.62 % | 27.43 % | 28.76 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8259 | 10002 | 8854 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £525 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £285 | £263 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £604 | £650 | £650 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £338 | £315 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 657 | 720 | 644 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £22.63 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £11.37 | £11.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.50 | £25.83 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
