 Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 303 | 347 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +44 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 256 | 348 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.411 % | 0.374 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.06 % | 11.31 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 77 | 88 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £256 | £240 |
| Average daily rate | £268 | £257 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £281 | £275 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £221 | £232 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 76 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.66 | £18.95 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.77 | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.88 | £21.05 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.63 | £20.87 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1960 | 3077 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 3.149 % | 3.304 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 653 | 826 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £334 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £370 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £390 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 278 | 432 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.93 | £24.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.60 | £25.87 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.79 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.26 | £27.11 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.87 | £27.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.45 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Management Server (SMS) within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.
