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.
| Statistics |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 351 | 341 | 297 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -10 | -44 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 245 | 259 | 263 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.419 % | 0.431 % | 0.477 % |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.768 % | 1.569 % | 1.665 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 111 | 109 | 96 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £396 | £335 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £175 | £150 | £208 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £585 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £288 | £275 | £323 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 21 | 23 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £14.50 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.25 | £11.00 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.65 | £40.00 | £58.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.00 | £13.64 | £26.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category | 13855 | 16504 | 15797 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 23.70 % | 27.43 % | 28.62 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8183 | 9803 | 8862 |
| Average daily rate | £438 | £525 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £255 | £281 | £263 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £613 | £650 | £650 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £338 | £315 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 651 | 708 | 656 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £23.50 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.03 | £11.30 | £11.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.50 | £42.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.50 | £26.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
