 Microsoft BizTalk Server |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 56 | 53 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.026 % | 0.022 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.35 % | 7.018 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £269 | £425 |
| Average daily rate | £294 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £319 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £407 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £38.53 | £40.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.80 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 162 | 285 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.208 % | 0.320 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 36 | 73 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £375 | £415 |
| Average daily rate | £398 | £442 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £421 | £469 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.25 | £29.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.63 | £30.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.00 | £31.85 |
| 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 BizTalk Server across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
