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.
| Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 379 | 388 | 378 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 |  -10 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 207 | 197 | 164 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.354 % | 0.327 % | 0.297 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.530 % | 0.490 % | 0.473 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 108 | 109 | 85 |
| Average daily rate | £311 | £300 | £225 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £175 | £123 | £120 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £432 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £289 | £288 | £200 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £28.50 | £16.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.40 | £16.50 | £14.70 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.35 | £35.00 | £19.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £22.50 | £16.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category | 39065 | 40190 | 34705 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 66.83 % | 66.81 % | 62.88 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22448 | 22849 | 17437 |
| Average daily rate | £405 | £438 | £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 | £588 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £375 | £348 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1270 | 1438 | 1236 |
| 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 | £12.50 | £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 | |
