| Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 49 | 51 | 40 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +2 |  -11 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 17 | 10 | 32 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester | 1.947 % | 1.239 % | 2.662 % |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 14.05 % | 7.407 % | 21.77 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £193 | - | £315 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £284 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.50 | £19.00 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.90 | £16.60 | £10.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.60 | £21.80 | £20.00 |
| 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 | 121 | 135 | 147 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester | 13.86 % | 16.73 % | 12.23 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 28 | 24 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £400 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £184 | £205 | £280 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £336 | £500 | £458 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £340 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 10 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £22.50 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.60 | £13.00 | £11.70 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £22.50 | £36.86 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
