| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 19 | 11 | 39 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -8 |  +28 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 42 | 65 | 58 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 5.841 % | 11.38 % | 4.008 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 20.90 % | 31.40 % | 16.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 31 | 15 |
| Average daily rate | £148 | £320 | £419 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £311 | £305 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 5 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.50 | £21.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.86 | £20.40 | £17.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.00 | £34.00 | £39.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £20.80 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 201 | 207 | 360 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 27.96 % | 36.25 % | 24.88 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 42 | 68 | 55 |
| Average daily rate | £231 | £323 | £381 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £148 | £228 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £336 | £360 | £428 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 57 | 43 | 76 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.00 | £18.50 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £12.00 | £11.06 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.18 | £37.10 | £41.97 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
