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.
| Cisco Certification |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 71 | 68 | 69 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -3 |  +1 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 4 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire | 1.496 % | 0.365 % | 0.697 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 10.57 % | 2.685 % | 6.098 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £300 | £308 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | - | £20.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.50 | £30.00 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 227 | 149 | 164 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire | 14.15 % | 13.61 % | 11.44 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 129 | 61 | 73 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £325 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £213 | £195 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £500 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 13 | 19 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.50 | £22.00 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £9.50 | £9.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £50.00 | £25.65 | £22.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.50 | £25.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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