| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to
17 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 17 | 12 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -5 |  +24 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 32 | 17 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 6.977 % | 7.960 % | 3.025 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 27.69 % | 34.78 % | 18.09 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £200 | £333 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £310 | £313 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.75 | £15.00 | £15.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £20.84 | £19.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 65 | 92 | 94 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 25.19 % | 22.89 % | 16.73 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 32 | 19 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £318 | £460 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 4 | 35 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.75 | £13.00 | £28.52 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £10.30 | £14.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.00 | £14.80 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.75 | £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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
