 Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 141 | 151 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.020 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.632 % | 12.27 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £425 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £244 | £268 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.86 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £22.14 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £26.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £30.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.01 | £26.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.59 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 114 | 163 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.154 % | 0.161 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 51 | 35 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £307 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £352 | £353 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £347 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.82 | £23.48 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.20 | £26.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.58 | £29.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.69 | £27.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.69 % |
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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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.
