Microsoft Active Directory |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 45 | 60 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 25 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.041 % | 0.025 % |
| As % of the category below | 65.96 % | 56.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £204 | £183 |
| Average daily rate | £209 | £203 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £215 | £223 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £296 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.12 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.50 | £20.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.63 | £20.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.75 | £20.69 |
| 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 | 47 | 44 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.063 % | 0.045 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £274 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £297 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.37 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £321 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £323 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.33 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.50 | £20.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.58 | £20.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.67 | £20.69 |
| 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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.