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The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mercator over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked. 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. The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Mercator Software, Inc.
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3 months to
24 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| Mercator |
| Rank |
481 |
517 |
522 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
|
| Contract jobs citing Mercator |
48 |
67 |
62 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK |
0.103% |
0.115% |
0.102% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
0.220% |
0.247% |
0.218% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
33 |
28 |
10 |
| Average daily rate |
£380 |
£350 |
£300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
|
| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£295 |
£256 |
£284 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£440 |
£512 |
£400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£300 |
£325 |
£350 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
All Vendors
UK |
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category |
21803 |
27081 |
28409 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK |
47.00% |
46.44% |
46.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11623 |
13840 |
14202 |
| Average daily rate |
£400 |
£400 |
£410 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£237 |
£235 |
£250 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£550 |
£550 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£350 |
£350 |
£350 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1174 |
1312 |
1605 |
| Average hourly rate |
£19.00 |
£19.50 |
£20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year |
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| 90% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£11.22 |
£11.50 |
£11.15 |
| 10% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£40.00 |
£40.00 |
£40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£19.00 |
£19.00 |
£20.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
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