 Microsoft Active Directory |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 35 | 52 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1369 | 1414 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.825 % | 1.431 % |
| As % of the category below | 66.30 % | 60.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 374 | 324 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £296 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 356 | 342 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.26 | £19.21 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.43 | £20.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.60 | £21.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.55 | £18.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2065 | 2342 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.752 % | 2.369 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 643 | 696 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £357 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £396 | £395 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.33 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 408 | 390 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.58 | £21.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.75 | £22.45 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.92 | £23.74 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £22.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.27 % |
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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
