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.
| Support Analyst |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 74 | 77 | 84 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +7 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1334 | 1384 | 1109 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 2.282 % | 2.301 % | 2.009 % |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.468 % | 2.483 % | 2.187 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 669 | 696 | 423 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £310 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £128 | £110 | £139 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £525 | £533 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £220 | £225 | £230 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 219 | 258 | 242 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £16.00 | £15.40 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £10.50 | £10.01 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.00 | £25.00 | £27.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.50 | £15.00 | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category | 54046 | 55750 | 50709 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 92.46 % | 92.67 % | 91.88 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29795 | 30354 | 24474 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £425 | £413 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £240 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2585 | 2880 | 2752 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.50 | £20.00 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £11.00 | £10.58 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £41.25 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.00 | £20.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
