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.
| Project Manager |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 11 | 16 | 14 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +5 |  -2 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5483 | 5430 | 4543 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 9.264 % | 8.849 % | 8.251 % |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 10.01 % | 9.546 % | 8.976 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3483 | 3329 | 2386 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £450 | £440 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £315 | £313 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £625 | £650 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £400 | £405 | £380 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 74 | 66 | 50 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.00 | £35.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £25.00 | £20.57 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £51.75 | £49.50 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.00 | £38.00 |
| % 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 | |
