 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 71 | 41 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.095 % | 0.041 % |
| As % of the category below | 83.53 % | 82.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £160 | £399 |
| Average daily rate | £167 | £402 |
| % change on same period last year | -58.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £174 | £405 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 17 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.29 | £11.39 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.59 | £12.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +52.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.88 | £12.94 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.55 | £20.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 85 | 50 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.113 % | 0.051 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £157 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £162 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | -56.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £167 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.97 | £12.53 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.50 | £13.39 |
| % change on same period last year | +53.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.03 | £14.26 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
