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.
| Java Servlet |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 365 | 344 | 308 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -21 | -36 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 225 | 256 | 248 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.385 % | 0.426 % | 0.449 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 1.500 % | 1.548 % | 1.606 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 119 | 135 | 118 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £400 | £334 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £286 | £212 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £550 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.75 | £45.00 | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.15 | £42.50 | £23.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.35 | £50.00 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.75 | £45.00 | £33.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 15000 | 16536 | 15438 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 25.66 % | 27.49 % | 27.97 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8808 | 9638 | 8217 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £393 | £365 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £600 | £575 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 387 | 569 | 438 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £36.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £19.00 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £41.00 | £47.50 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.00 | £36.50 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
