 Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 86 | 96 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 631 | 674 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.810 % | 0.757 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.90 % | 12.31 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 150 | 145 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £316 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £336 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.32 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £343 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £287 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.70 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 151 | 134 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.93 | £18.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.30 | £19.51 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.68 | £20.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.26 | £17.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4890 | 5474 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.274 % | 6.150 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1823 | 1638 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £378 | £374 |
| Average daily rate | £405 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £432 | £416 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 376 | 488 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.08 | £22.23 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.78 | £23.49 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.49 | £24.76 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.66 | £22.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.39 % |
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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
