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.
| Citrix MetaFrame Server |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 555 | 541 | 518 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -14 | -23 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 40 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.041 % | 0.065 % | 0.033 % |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.525 % | 0.905 % | 0.601 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 16 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £303 | £288 | £900 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £303 | £315 | £310 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £16.72 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £15.86 | £17.50 |
| % 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 | |
