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.
| Validation |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 152 | 153 | 152 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +1 |  -1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 724 | 749 | 666 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 1.239 % | 1.245 % | 1.207 % |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.853 % | 1.864 % | 1.919 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 393 | 378 | 248 |
| Average daily rate | £395 | £497 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £270 | £285 | £236 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £605 | £650 | £549 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £340 | £313 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 34 | 43 | 57 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.61 | £32.50 | £24.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.50 | £19.30 | £13.99 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £49.25 | £43.40 | £36.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.00 | £32.50 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category | 39065 | 40190 | 34705 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 66.83 % | 66.81 % | 62.88 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22448 | 22849 | 17437 |
| Average daily rate | £405 | £438 | £413 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £275 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £588 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £375 | £348 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1270 | 1438 | 1236 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £29.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £13.50 | £13.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £30.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
