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.
| XPath (XML Path Language) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 473 | 401 | 421 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -72 |  +20 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 104 | 182 | 118 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.178 % | 0.303 % | 0.214 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.516 % | 0.809 % | 0.571 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 55 | 81 | 51 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £425 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £260 | £250 | £285 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £510 | £700 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £310 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £42.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.00 | £42.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 20155 | 22503 | 20649 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 34.48 % | 37.41 % | 37.41 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11956 | 13037 | 10849 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £413 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £258 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £570 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 702 | 914 | 769 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.00 | £19.50 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
