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.
| jQuery |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 50 | 92 | 146 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +42 | +54 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1844 | 1212 | 700 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 3.116 % | 1.975 % | 1.271 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 12.16 % | 7.171 % | 4.535 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1161 | 713 | 365 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £320 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £210 | £194 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £450 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £280 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 38 | 58 | 23 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £36.25 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £17.50 | £15.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £45.00 | £41.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.52 | £40.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 15165 | 16901 | 15437 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 25.62 % | 27.54 % | 28.04 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8916 | 9814 | 8183 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £400 | £365 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £600 | £575 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 380 | 573 | 441 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £36.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £19.00 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £47.50 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.00 | £36.50 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
