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.
| Network Design |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 312 | 333 | 359 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +21 | +26 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 296 | 270 | 182 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.500 % | 0.440 % | 0.331 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.749 % | 0.659 % | 0.525 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 86 | 118 | 92 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £369 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £305 | £280 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £388 | £338 | £344 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.50 | £38.00 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £26.10 | £35.00 | £15.40 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.25 | £60.00 | £26.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £36.25 | £23.00 |
| % 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 | |
