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 Internet Security and Acceleration Server |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 519 | 469 | 451 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -50 | -18 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 60 | 112 | 85 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.101 % | 0.183 % | 0.154 % |
| As % of the System Software category | 1.313 % | 2.534 % | 2.839 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 46 | 33 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £313 | £288 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £285 | £225 | £181 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £393 | £376 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £313 | £288 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 22 | 14 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.75 | £23.36 | £19.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.75 | £15.50 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.00 | £39.65 | £28.43 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.75 | £23.36 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 | |
