Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 25 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 16 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.016 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.843 % | 23.53 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate | £265 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.00 | £13.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.00 | £13.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.24 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.00 | £13.24 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.04 | £18.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 68 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.068 % | 0.069 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £285 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £309 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £337 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.54 | £20.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.77 | £22.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.00 | £23.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.28 | £23.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.44 % |
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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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MS Exchange across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.