 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 69 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -15 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 52 | 61 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.067 % | 0.069 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.87 % | 14.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £232 | £261 |
| Average daily rate | £258 | £282 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £284 | £303 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £280 | £286 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | £21.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.20 | £24.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.40 | £27.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.08 | £21.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.27 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 438 | 427 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.562 % | 0.480 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 82 | 109 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £341 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £373 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 47 | 62 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.76 | £16.12 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.76 | £18.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.77 | £20.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.66 | £22.76 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.39 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Exchange Server 2003 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
