The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Nokia products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Nokia over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.
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.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within the Nokia Corporation.
| Nokia |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 249 | 327 | 283 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +78 |  -44 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 406 | 278 | 275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.686 % | 0.453 % | 0.499 % |
| As % of the Vendors category | 1.480 % | 0.975 % | 1.135 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 111 | 100 | 65 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £325 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £235 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £438 | £398 | £465 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £280 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.25 | £21.00 | £28.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £24.00 | £18.35 | £21.65 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.75 | £40.13 | £35.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.50 | £28.00 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category | 27428 | 28509 | 24236 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 46.34 % | 46.46 % | 44.02 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14022 | 14248 | 10950 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £405 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £233 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £600 | £575 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1298 | 1598 | 1456 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £20.00 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.50 | £11.38 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £41.50 | £40.00 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.00 | £20.00 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
