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.
| IP Telephony |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 473 | 503 | 429 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +30 |  -74 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 106 | 78 | 107 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.179 % | 0.127 % | 0.194 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 1.144 % | 0.993 % | 1.660 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 48 | 43 | 49 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £388 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £155 | £241 | £187 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £533 | £495 | £505 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £378 | £410 | £365 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 17 | 11 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £21.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.80 | £12.50 | £15.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.30 | £26.50 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £21.00 | £35.00 |
| % 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 | |
