| Microsoft Consultant |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | - |
| Rank change on same period last year |  - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.000 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.463 % | 0.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | - |
| Average daily rate | £425 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £396 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.24 % |
| 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 | £37.50 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 648 | 606 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.864 % | 0.613 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 128 | 119 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £317 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £341 | £359 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £357 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 144 | 124 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.70 | £20.16 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.33 | £21.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.96 | £23.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.51 | £25.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.54 % |
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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 Microsoft Consultant across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.
