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.
| National Health Service (NHS) |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 169 | 201 | 68 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +32 |  -133 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 652 | 553 | 1220 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.102 % | 0.901 % | 2.216 % |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 4.664 % | 3.286 % | 7.705 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 342 | 254 | 623 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £290 | £275 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £170 | £175 | £175 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £450 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £290 | £288 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 92 | 115 | 148 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.16 | £14.00 | £16.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.37 | £10.00 | £10.06 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.00 | £24.09 | £34.98 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.16 | £14.71 | £15.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category | 13980 | 16830 | 15833 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 23.62 % | 27.43 % | 28.76 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8259 | 10002 | 8854 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £525 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £285 | £263 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £604 | £650 | £650 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £338 | £315 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 657 | 720 | 644 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £22.63 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £11.37 | £11.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.50 | £25.83 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
