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.
| Middleware |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 125 | 109 | 112 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -16 |  +3 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 886 | 1050 | 853 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.497 % | 1.711 % | 1.549 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 5.842 % | 6.213 % | 5.526 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 494 | 585 | 429 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £463 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £300 | £325 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £625 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £413 | £400 | £370 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 17 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.00 | £40.50 | £24.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £19.50 | £17.42 | £17.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £57.50 | £47.50 | £35.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.00 | £40.50 | £27.25 |
| % 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 | |
