 Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 107 | 133 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 19.18 % | 5.983 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £232 | - |
| Average daily rate | £254 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £275 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £243 | £274 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.33 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.44 | £13.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.32 | £19.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.20 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.45 | £25.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 73 | 117 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.103 % | 0.118 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £344 |
| Average daily rate | £304 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.59 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £321 | £386 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £334 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.73 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.75 | £24.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.47 | £26.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.10 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.19 | £28.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.62 | £27.36 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.59 % |
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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 Management Server (SMS) across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.
