 Microsoft Active Directory |
| 3 months to
1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 59 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 244 | 185 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.387 % | 0.197 % |
| As % of the category below | 63.38 % | 62.71 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 109 | 38 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £314 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £330 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £286 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.23 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 47 | 44 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.55 | £21.49 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.90 | £22.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.02 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.25 | £24.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.06 | £18.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 385 | 295 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.610 % | 0.314 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 189 | 86 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £381 |
| Average daily rate | £348 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £410 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £317 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 60 | 47 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.58 | £21.54 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £22.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.93 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.41 | £24.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.87 | £21.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.54 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Active Directory across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
