| System Manager |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 124 | 126 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.195 % | 0.214 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £513 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £538 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £563 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £400 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.16 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.25 | £32.32 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.16 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3081 | 3275 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.066 % | 3.262 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 782 | 755 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 292 | 467 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.92 | £21.96 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.49 | £23.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.05 | £25.45 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Manager across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
