 Microsoft BizTalk Server |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 115 | 106 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 28 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.036 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.341 % | 3.310 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £348 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.19 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £303 |
| 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 | 645 | 574 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.828 % | 0.645 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 154 | 111 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £356 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £317 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 69 | 53 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.27 | £19.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.11 | £20.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.95 | £21.93 |
| 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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
