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.
| Software Packaging |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 533 | 542 | 503 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 |  -39 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 44 | 36 | 36 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.075 % | 0.060 % | 0.065 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 0.293 % | 0.218 % | 0.233 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 12 | 23 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £297 | £295 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £252 | £137 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £443 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £282 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £27.75 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £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 | |
