 VMware ESX Server |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 346 | 457 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +111 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 247 | 220 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.345 % | 0.221 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.961 % | 3.827 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 98 | 88 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £402 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £415 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £381 | £428 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.34 | £35.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £37.11 | £36.74 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.87 | £38.14 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £37.33 | £38.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4979 | 5749 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 6.955 % | 5.776 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1276 | 1313 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £319 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £356 | £365 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1059 | 1293 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.49 | £20.30 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.66 | £21.58 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.83 | £22.86 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.37 | £21.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.65 % |
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 VMware ESX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.
