 Microsoft BizTalk Server |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 144 | 167 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 118 | 131 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.151 % | 0.147 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.227 % | 5.184 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 32 | 26 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £373 | £366 |
| Average daily rate | £399 | £405 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £426 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £407 | £391 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.91 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £41.43 | £41.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.14 | £42.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £42.86 | £43.89 |
| 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 | 1895 | 2527 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.431 % | 2.839 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 450 | 460 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £396 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 258 | 292 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.57 | £23.94 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.11 | £25.22 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.64 | £26.49 |
| 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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
