 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 45 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 156 | 180 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.211 % | 0.178 % |
| As % of the category below | 17.85 % | 14.47 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 38 | 47 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £242 | £305 |
| Average daily rate | £255 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £268 | £326 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.94 | £24.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.02 | £25.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -29.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.10 | £26.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.19 | £22.12 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.34 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 874 | 1244 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.181 % | 1.227 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 253 | 278 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £286 | £312 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 151 | 270 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.37 | £24.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.69 | £25.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.00 | £26.98 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.70 | £22.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.18 % |
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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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
