 Microsoft Exchange Server |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 58 | 84 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 322 | 287 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.413 % | 0.322 % |
| As % of the category below | 16.99 % | 11.36 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 60 | 42 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £274 | £303 |
| Average daily rate | £288 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.51 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £303 | £335 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £287 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.70 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 103 | 79 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.61 | £16.56 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.03 | £17.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.45 | £18.66 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.26 | £17.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.25 % |
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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 MS Exchange across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
