 Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 119 | 129 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 18 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 8.081 % | 13.04 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £173 |
| Average daily rate | - | £188 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £204 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £243 | £263 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.53 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £39.25 | £26.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £26.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +49.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.75 | £27.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.07 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 99 | 138 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.139 % | 0.139 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 35 | 40 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £404 | £290 |
| Average daily rate | £411 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £351 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £361 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £42.60 | £26.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £43.73 | £28.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +54.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £44.87 | £29.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.96 | £27.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.69 % |
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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 Systems Management Server (SMS) across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.
