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.
| German Language |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 396 | 434 | 386 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +38 |  -48 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 183 | 147 | 153 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.309 % | 0.240 % | 0.278 % |
| As % of the General category | 0.684 % | 0.480 % | 0.579 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 55 | 37 | 42 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £320 | £363 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £138 | £132 | £97 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £550 | £438 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £138 | £275 | £125 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 14 | 29 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.50 | £20.50 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £11.30 | £9.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.80 | £38.85 | £18.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.50 | £21.00 | £11.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category | 26737 | 30635 | 26441 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 45.17 % | 49.92 % | 48.02 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15885 | 18360 | 14057 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £500 | £475 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £300 | £288 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £650 | £625 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | £375 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 765 | 923 | 841 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £25.00 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £11.50 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £41.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £26.00 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
