| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 39 | 27 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -12 |  +9 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 53 | 111 | 173 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England | 3.162 % | 5.144 % | 3.936 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 14.32 % | 21.94 % | 18.89 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 37 | 54 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £300 | £180 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £238 | £157 | £140 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £450 | £410 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £313 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 26 | 39 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.00 | £17.00 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.40 | £10.80 | £12.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.60 | £31.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £20.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 370 | 506 | 916 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England | 22.08 % | 23.45 % | 20.84 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 131 | 144 | 254 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £325 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £110 | £140 | £140 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £450 | £451 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 107 | 90 | 224 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £19.50 | £18.70 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.29 | £10.50 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £38.00 | £38.00 |
| 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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
