 Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 26 | 31 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 11 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.011 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.78 % | 44.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £263 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £275 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £294 | £302 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.47 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.56 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.00 | £20.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.44 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.04 | £18.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.25 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 54 | 25 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.072 % | 0.025 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £276 |
| Average daily rate | £371 | £296 |
| % change on same period last year | +25.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £315 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.76 | £23.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.89 | £24.31 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.03 | £25.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.28 | £23.70 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.44 % |
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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 MS Exchange across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
