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 Visio |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 69 | 71 | 76 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +2 | +5 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1396 | 1525 | 1180 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 2.359 % | 2.485 % | 2.143 % |
| As % of the Applications category | 17.77 % | 19.45 % | 17.64 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 858 | 832 | 577 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £425 | £411 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £260 | £249 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £579 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £363 | £350 | £349 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 39 | 45 | 38 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.00 | £25.00 | £17.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.37 | £12.55 | £10.76 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £50.00 | £24.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.50 | £20.25 | £17.50 |
| % 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 | |
