Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 40 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 48 | 34 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.063 % | 0.034 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.87 % | 12.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £221 | £262 |
| Average daily rate | £241 | £262 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £260 | £262 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.40 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.83 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.50 | £26.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.17 | £28.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.87 | £22.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.51 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 230 | 280 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.304 % | 0.279 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 39 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £238 | £297 |
| Average daily rate | £256 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £273 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 62 | 53 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.36 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.07 | £25.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.77 | £27.82 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.12 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
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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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.