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 Engineer |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 121 | 135 | 163 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +14 | +28 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 924 | 850 | 580 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.581 % | 1.413 % | 1.051 % |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.710 % | 1.525 % | 1.144 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 306 | 278 | 138 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | £265 | £238 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £123 | £125 | £124 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £450 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £202 | £263 | £240 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 230 | 224 | 216 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £15.00 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.50 | £11.00 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.50 | £27.50 | £27.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.88 | £15.00 | £15.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 | |
