Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 74 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 73 | 72 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.094 % | 0.081 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.48 % | 12.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £283 | £167 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £175 |
| % change on same period last year | +71.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £316 | £183 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £286 | £292 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.97 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.13 | £14.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.31 | £15.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.49 | £16.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.31 | £17.21 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 636 | 573 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.816 % | 0.644 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 153 | 112 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £379 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £311 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.59 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 68 | 54 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.60 | £18.88 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.35 | £20.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.51 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.10 | £21.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.73 | £22.67 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.23 % |
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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 MS Exchange across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.