Microsoft Active Directory |
| 3 months to 2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 118 | 179 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.190 % | 0.192 % |
| As % of the category below | 67.43 % | 70.75 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | £215 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £242 |
| % change on same period last year | +40.01 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £268 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £286 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 40 | 76 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.07 | £13.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.38 | £15.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.69 | £16.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.15 | £18.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.83 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 175 | 253 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.281 % | 0.272 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 28 | 29 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £326 | £287 |
| Average daily rate | £344 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £314 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 46 | 80 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.55 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.85 | £16.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.14 | £18.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.99 | £21.09 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.46 % |
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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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.