 Microsoft Office Live Communications Server |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 218 | 171 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -47 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.159 % | 2.083 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1258 | 768 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.614 % | 0.863 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 595 | 277 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £423 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £447 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £469 | £471 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 91 | 64 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.11 | £22.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.38 | £23.86 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.76 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.66 | £25.22 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.73 | £22.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.23 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Live Communications Server across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
