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 Support |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 448 | 468 | 436 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +20 |  -32 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 131 | 113 | 100 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.221 % | 0.184 % | 0.182 % |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.239 % | 0.199 % | 0.198 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 58 | 37 | 28 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £265 | £200 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £140 | £187 | £145 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £375 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £256 | £265 | £240 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 32 | 27 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.50 | £19.00 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £13.05 | £13.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.60 | £28.60 | £24.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.25 | £19.00 | £15.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category | 54778 | 56882 | 50613 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 92.55 % | 92.70 % | 91.92 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30201 | 30929 | 24313 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £425 | £410 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £240 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2595 | 2925 | 2766 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.75 | £20.00 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £11.00 | £10.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £40.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.00 | £20.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
