Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Microsoft Active Directory |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 33 | 36 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +9 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2814 | 2703 | 1841 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 4.755 % | 4.405 % | 3.344 % |
| As % of the System Software category | 61.59 % | 61.15 % | 61.49 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1216 | 1086 | 638 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £275 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £135 | £125 | £115 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £450 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £275 | £240 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 573 | 571 | 475 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £16.00 | £15.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.93 | £10.50 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.00 | £30.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.13 | £15.00 | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category | 4569 | 4420 | 2994 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 7.720 % | 7.203 % | 5.438 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2198 | 1930 | 1162 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £350 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £195 | £200 | £175 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £460 | £475 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £308 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 623 | 651 | 539 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £17.50 | £18.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £11.00 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.38 | £35.00 | £35.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £17.50 | £17.49 |
| % change year-on-year | |
