| Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 28 | 18 | 35 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -10 |  +17 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 19 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent | 2.778 % | 5.398 % | 2.961 % |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 16.28 % | 29.23 % | 19.15 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | - | £213 | £200 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £284 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.00 | £19.00 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.50 | £19.75 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category | 43 | 65 | 94 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent | 17.06 % | 18.47 % | 15.46 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 21 | 12 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £242 | £320 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £280 | £150 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £438 | £420 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £340 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.00 | £19.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| % 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 MS Exchange across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
