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 Planning |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 172 | 162 | 162 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -10 |  0 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 638 | 725 | 592 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.078 % | 1.181 % | 1.075 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.613 % | 1.769 % | 1.709 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 366 | 398 | 255 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £448 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £250 | £230 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £600 | £569 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £360 | £375 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 12 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £33.75 | £22.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £20.64 | £17.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.50 | £44.50 | £79.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £35.00 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
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 | |
