Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to 6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 37 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 47 | 27 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.066 % | 0.027 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.00 % | 10.59 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £252 | £226 |
| Average daily rate | £261 | £236 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £271 | £247 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.74 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.25 | £14.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.13 | £15.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.00 | £15.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.04 | £21.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 188 | 255 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.263 % | 0.256 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 72 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £256 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £264 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £273 | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 80 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.88 | £27.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.97 | £28.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.06 | £28.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.90 | £22.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.65 % |
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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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.