 Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 66 | 68 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.607 % | 7.937 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £281 | £271 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.33 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.33 | £31.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -27.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.33 | £32.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.15 | £22.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.61 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 107 | 63 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.143 % | 0.064 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £332 | £356 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £392 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £381 | £428 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £362 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.04 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £38.94 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £32.24 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.06 | £34.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.17 | £26.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.38 % |
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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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.
