 Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 68 | 91 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1445 | 1413 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.854 % | 1.587 % |
| As % of the category below | 14.04 % | 12.17 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 283 | 251 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £330 | £328 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £286 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.97 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 428 | 366 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.50 | £17.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.76 | £18.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.03 | £19.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.31 | £17.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 10289 | 11614 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.20 % | 13.05 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3066 | 2882 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £365 | £356 |
| Average daily rate | £390 | £376 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £414 | £397 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1058 | 1169 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.77 | £21.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.38 | £23.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £24.45 |
| 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 MS Exchange across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
