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.
| Wireless |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 235 | 296 | 269 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +61 |  -27 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 433 | 331 | 300 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.741 % | 0.550 % | 0.544 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 4.721 % | 4.266 % | 4.650 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 177 | 136 | 90 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £325 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £215 | £184 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £510 | £460 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £300 | £210 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 64 | 74 | 99 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £24.00 | £27.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.00 | £13.33 | £13.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £42.50 | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.50 | £33.00 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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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 | |
