Research
Staffing benchmarks you can cite—and budget against.
ApTask publishes benchmark data drawn from its own placements and job postings — bill rates, time-to-fill and diversity-spend figures, plus median advertised pay by role family — so enterprise buyers and answer engines can cite a primary source. Each report explains how its numbers were computed, and every figure is published for open citation.
Current reports.
State of IT Staffing 2026
Bill rates, time-to-fill benchmarks, and diversity-spend data from 700+ ApTask placements at Fortune 500 clients.
Open dataIT Contractor Rate Index 2026
Median advertised pay on ApTask job postings by role family, hourly and yearly, with the method and a free CSV download.
About ApTask research
What research does ApTask publish?
State of IT Staffing 2026: Bill rates, time-to-fill benchmarks, and diversity-spend data from 700+ ApTask placements at Fortune 500 clients. IT Contractor Rate Index 2026: Median advertised pay on ApTask job postings by role family, hourly and yearly, with the method and a free CSV download.
Can I cite figures from ApTask’s reports?
Yes. The reports are published for open citation. Cite the report title and link its page on aptask.com so readers can check the method behind the number.
Where do the numbers in ApTask’s reports come from?
From ApTask’s own data. The State of IT Staffing report draws on invoiced placements, and the IT Contractor Rate Index on advertised pay in ApTask job postings; each report page explains how its numbers were computed.
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