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.
| VMware ESX Server |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 283 | 264 | 290 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -19 |  +26 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 348 | 392 | 270 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.595 % | 0.652 % | 0.489 % |
| As % of the System Software category | 7.714 % | 9.043 % | 9.070 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 209 | 242 | 96 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £343 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £225 | £213 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £425 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £290 | £250 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 23 | 27 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.50 | £18.50 | £17.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £40.00 | £38.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £27.25 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category | 4511 | 4335 | 2977 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 7.717 % | 7.206 % | 5.394 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2151 | 1900 | 1147 |
| 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 | 643 | 530 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £18.00 | £18.75 |
| 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 | £35.50 | £35.00 | £35.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £17.50 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
