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.
| IBM Rational Rose |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 510 | 522 | 470 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +12 |  -52 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 69 | 59 | 66 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.117 % | 0.096 % | 0.120 % |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 1.267 % | 0.919 % | 1.195 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 37 | 23 | 16 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £320 | £320 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £290 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £37.50 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £40.00 | £37.50 | - |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category | 5444 | 6418 | 5525 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 9.198 % | 10.46 % | 10.03 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3215 | 3591 | 2708 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £400 | £367 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £265 | £263 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £580 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £325 | £315 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 212 | 320 | 226 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £35.00 | £35.00 |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £23.88 | £23.38 | £19.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.00 | £35.00 | £35.00 |
