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.
| Microsoft Office Excel |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 21 | 21 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 0 |  +3 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3523 | 3527 | 2898 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 5.952 % | 5.748 % | 5.263 % |
| As % of the Applications category | 44.84 % | 44.99 % | 43.32 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1793 | 1681 | 1252 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £183 | £180 | £165 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £550 | £526 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £250 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 318 | 382 | 357 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.50 | £16.00 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £10.00 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £34.25 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £15.00 | £14.07 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category | 7857 | 7840 | 6690 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 13.28 % | 12.78 % | 12.15 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4042 | 3875 | 2923 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £330 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £180 | £180 | £158 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £525 | £575 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £310 | £255 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 779 | 901 | 817 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £16.00 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.70 | £10.48 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.00 | £35.00 | £30.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £16.00 | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
