Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 572 | 521 | 513 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -51 | -8 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 60 | 23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.012 % | 0.098 % | 0.042 % |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 0.073 % | 0.585 % | 0.277 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 32 | 8 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £200 | £396 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | - | £200 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £12.30 | £14.15 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.00 | £11.50 | £11.15 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category | 9626 | 10250 | 8302 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 16.26 % | 16.70 % | 15.08 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5322 | 5445 | 3765 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £363 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £225 | £220 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £550 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 426 | 561 | 523 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £19.50 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.50 | £12.00 | £12.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £42.00 | £37.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.57 | £19.50 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
