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.
| Clearswift MIMEsweeper |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 568 | 567 | 524 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -1 | -43 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 14 | 12 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.019 % | 0.023 % | 0.022 % |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.302 % | 0.389 % | 0.429 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £400 | £429 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | - | £300 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.00 | £23.31 | £28.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.00 | £31.61 | - |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category | 3639 | 3603 | 2795 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 6.148 % | 5.872 % | 5.076 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1850 | 1694 | 1236 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £360 | £338 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £210 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £314 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 173 | 219 | 234 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.00 | £23.44 | £21.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £15.00 | £14.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £38.75 | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £24.40 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
