 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 16 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 242 | 349 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.323 % | 0.348 % |
| As % of the category below | 29.33 % | 25.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 61 | 111 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £356 | £339 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 27 | 74 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.41 | £25.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.13 | £27.46 |
| % change on same period last year | +31.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.85 | £29.05 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.79 | £22.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 825 | 1363 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.100 % | 1.360 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 174 | 486 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £345 | £353 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £389 | £397 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 119 | 174 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.98 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.91 | £26.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.83 | £27.81 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.51 | £22.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.22 % |
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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 Windows Server 2003 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
