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.
| Service Management |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 109 | 118 | 145 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 | +27 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1011 | 961 | 699 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.730 % | 1.597 % | 1.267 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.588 % | 2.391 % | 2.014 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 541 | 478 | 332 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £400 | £355 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £225 | £190 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £525 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 32 | 31 | 21 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.00 | £14.91 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £10.00 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £29.75 | £47.00 | £27.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.00 | £17.00 | £14.00 |
| % 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 | |
