 Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) |
| 3 months to
15 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 249 | 290 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +41 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.062 % | 0.040 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | - |
| Average daily rate | £250 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £285 | £325 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.30 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1625 | 2497 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.316 % | 2.582 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 444 | 613 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £324 | £322 |
| Average daily rate | £348 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £372 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 184 | 321 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.74 | £24.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.46 | £25.77 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.17 | £27.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.76 | £23.84 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.86 % |
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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 MTS across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
