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.
| Voice Over IP (VoIP) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 185 | 267 | 283 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +82 | +16 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 559 | 386 | 279 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.956 % | 0.642 % | 0.506 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 6.095 % | 4.975 % | 4.325 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 289 | 143 | 94 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £325 | £346 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £175 | £163 | £197 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £466 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £300 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 75 | 40 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.00 | £31.00 | £16.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.00 | £13.00 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £40.00 | £25.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.00 | £32.75 | £14.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 9171 | 7759 | 6451 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 15.69 % | 12.90 % | 11.69 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4160 | 3539 | 2637 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £215 | £225 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £325 | £308 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 614 | 779 | 699 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £25.00 | £21.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £12.00 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £41.50 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.75 | £27.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
