 Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 487 | 541 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +54 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 72 | 92 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.096 % | 0.093 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.717 % | 0.746 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £461 | £527 |
| Average daily rate | £490 | £574 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £519 | £622 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.94 | £45.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.72 | £50.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.50 | £55.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.50 | £50.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.00 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 10035 | 12336 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 13.38 % | 12.48 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3035 | 3209 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £353 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £377 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.54 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1090 | 1265 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.54 | £22.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.12 | £24.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.70 | £25.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.28 | £23.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.44 % |
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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 MTS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
