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.
| Load Balancing |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 251 | 316 | 331 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +65 | +15 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 403 | 296 | 215 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.681 % | 0.482 % | 0.390 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.019 % | 0.722 % | 0.621 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 186 | 143 | 111 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £413 | £355 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £286 | £312 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £600 | £525 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | £398 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| Average hourly rate | £55.00 | £36.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £24.20 | £32.00 | £22.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £57.50 | £38.00 | £62.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £55.00 | £27.50 | £48.75 |
| % 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 | |
