| Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 18 | 25 | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +7 | +13 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 17 | 20 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East | 4.950 % | 3.556 % | 2.421 % |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 27.27 % | 28.81 % | 25.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | - | £350 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £288 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| Average hourly rate | £8.50 | £9.00 | £21.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £19.75 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category | 55 | 59 | 80 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East | 18.15 % | 12.34 % | 9.685 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 20 | 15 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £350 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £345 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.38 | £16.25 | £21.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.50 | £9.00 | £15.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.60 | £30.00 | £24.15 |
| 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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
