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 Security |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 252 | 352 | 336 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +100 |  -16 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 402 | 241 | 209 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.679 % | 0.393 % | 0.380 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.339 % | 3.068 % | 3.242 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 187 | 117 | 89 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £365 | £390 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £270 | £287 | £266 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £485 | £525 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | £375 | £375 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 28 | 21 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £17.75 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.50 | £7.19 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.50 | £35.30 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £19.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 9264 | 7856 | 6447 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 15.65 % | 12.80 % | 11.71 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4209 | 3569 | 2640 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £215 | £220 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £325 | £310 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 611 | 777 | 700 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £12.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.25 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £27.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
