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.
| Problem Management |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 247 | 249 | 291 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +2 | +42 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 414 | 440 | 266 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.699 % | 0.717 % | 0.483 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.047 % | 1.073 % | 0.768 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 224 | 226 | 115 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £381 | £370 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £213 | £233 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £514 | £500 | £565 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 33 | 18 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.25 | £23.00 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £16.50 | £8.85 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £41.18 | £26.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.48 | £21.00 | £11.07 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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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 | |
