OnForce, the online exchange of professional IT services between solution providers, compiled the following <A HREF="http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Vital-Statistics-The-OnForce-State-of-the-IT-Market/">market intelligence from more than 750,000 work orders</A> it processed in the first three months of 2008 on behalf of nearly 13,000 solution providers.

Most rankings are based on OnForce's Hourly Rate Index (HRI), which is a comparison of specific hourly rates to the national average which is assumed to be 1.00. For instance, if a data point has a HRI rating of 1.25, it means it's 25 percent above the national average.