Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -24 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 27 | 36 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.035 % | 0.040 % |
| As % of the category below | 13.99 % | 24.32 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £223 | £163 |
| Average daily rate | £239 | £169 |
| % change on same period last year | +41.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £255 | £175 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £286 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.97 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.17 | £11.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.67 | £11.96 |
| % change on same period last year | +39.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.17 | £12.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.31 | £17.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 193 | 148 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.248 % | 0.166 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £344 | £240 |
| Average daily rate | £369 | £259 |
| % change on same period last year | +42.59 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £394 | £277 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.36 | £15.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.96 | £16.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.55 | £17.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.73 | £22.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.23 % |
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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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.