Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| 3 months to 8 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 26 | 24 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.024 % |
| As % of the category below | 25.61 % | 23.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £233 | £327 |
| Average daily rate | £258 | £344 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £283 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.00 | £17.47 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.75 | £19.41 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.50 | £21.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.17 | £22.10 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.32 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 82 | 104 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.111 % | 0.103 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £315 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £343 | £318 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £371 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.66 | £23.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.06 | £24.92 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.46 | £26.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.58 | £22.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.04 % |
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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 Windows Server 2003 across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.