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 | 80 | 83 | 81 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 |  -2 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 36 | 14 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire | 1.576 % | 0.785 % | 0.483 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 10.56 % | 5.578 % | 3.937 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24 | 6 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £288 | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £300 | £308 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £30.75 | £20.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | 341 | 251 | 254 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire | 14.93 % | 14.07 % | 12.28 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 191 | 96 | 119 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £335 | £308 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £185 | £200 | £224 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £475 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 25 | 23 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.00 | £22.00 | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £11.75 | £9.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.50 | £60.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.50 | £25.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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