 Microsoft Analysis Services |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 409 | 434 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 168 | 251 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.235 % | 0.252 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.201 % | 1.244 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 53 | 82 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £366 |
| Average daily rate | £396 | £395 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £424 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £348 | £378 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.90 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £42.63 | £38.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £46.13 | £42.69 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £49.63 | £47.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.50 | £42.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.47 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 13984 | 20173 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.53 % | 20.27 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4346 | 5870 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £355 | £369 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £417 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 941 | 1473 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.34 | £28.89 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.37 | £30.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.40 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.39 | £32.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.29 | £31.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.77 % |
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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Analysis Services within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.
