| Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -2 |  +1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 40 | 105 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke | 12.84 % | 26.67 % | 22.48 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 67.86 % | 85.11 % | 69.54 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 6 | 33 |
| Average daily rate | £338 | £438 | £356 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £270 | £356 | £280 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £460 | £525 | £440 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £323 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 1 | 31 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.50 | £31.50 | £16.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £31.50 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.00 | £31.50 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £16.50 | £16.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 28 | 47 | 151 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke | 18.92 % | 31.33 % | 32.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 10 | 45 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £425 | £355 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £275 | £286 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £460 | £525 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 1 | 41 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.50 | £31.50 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £6.50 | £31.50 | £11.52 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £38.00 | £31.50 | £36.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
