| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to
11 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 11 | 17 | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +6 |  -6 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 55 | 43 | 87 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 9.499 % | 6.241 % | 10.39 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 34.38 % | 27.92 % | 37.34 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 8 | 33 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £400 | £335 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £318 | £162 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £437 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £311 | £313 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.75 | £47.50 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £47.50 | £15.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.48 | £47.50 | £34.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £20.92 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 160 | 154 | 233 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading | 27.63 % | 22.35 % | 27.84 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 59 | 44 | 61 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £330 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £275 | £182 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £410 | £480 | £453 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £310 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 11 | 38 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.75 | £42.50 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £11.93 | £12.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.20 | £53.25 | £35.38 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £18.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 Windows Server 2003 across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
