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.
| Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 171 | 207 | 187 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +36 |  -20 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 614 | 527 | 489 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.050 % | 0.876 % | 0.886 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 4.093 % | 3.187 % | 3.168 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 339 | 321 | 259 |
| Average daily rate | £384 | £363 | £392 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £262 | £275 | £240 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £330 | £320 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 19 | 9 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £36.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.00 | £19.22 | £21.20 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.50 | £42.50 | £40.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.00 | £36.25 | £28.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
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 | |
