 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 104 | 102 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 125 | 106 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.165 % | 0.112 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.118 % | 5.780 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 56 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £369 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £393 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.21 | £20.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.82 | £21.97 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.54 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.44 | £23.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.99 | £24.62 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2043 | 1834 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.694 % | 1.945 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1007 | 720 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £408 | £422 |
| Average daily rate | £437 | £447 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £465 | £473 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 147 | 128 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.29 | £20.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.22 | £22.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.45 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.16 | £23.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.83 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
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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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
