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 Systems Management Server (SMS) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 431 | 417 | 376 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -14 | -41 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 146 | 163 | 167 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.250 % | 0.271 % | 0.303 % |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 4.071 % | 4.593 % | 5.939 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 77 | 59 | 76 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £265 | £275 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £118 | £78 | £110 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £501 | £400 | £488 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £262 | £203 | £263 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 22 | 17 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.25 | £20.00 | £19.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.51 | £13.40 | £11.30 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £57.50 | £37.50 | £23.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.00 | £19.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category | 3586 | 3549 | 2812 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 6.135 % | 5.899 % | 5.095 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1814 | 1683 | 1261 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £370 | £338 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £210 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £300 | £320 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 170 | 225 | 232 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.01 | £23.38 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £14.50 | £13.70 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £40.00 | £39.60 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £24.40 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
