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.
| Migration |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 17 | 19 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +2 | +9 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3593 | 3844 | 2612 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 6.071 % | 6.264 % | 4.744 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 9.087 % | 9.377 % | 7.541 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2145 | 2176 | 1248 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £400 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £238 | £250 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £525 | £550 | £575 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £375 | £345 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 132 | 113 | 58 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £21.50 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £11.00 | £14.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £55.00 | £45.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.00 | £27.50 | £27.50 |
| % 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 | |
