 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
20 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 9 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.033 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 84.00 % | 54.17 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £268 | £237 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £246 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.93 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £283 | £255 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £307 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.90 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.05 | £13.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.21 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.27 | £20.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.51 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.039 % | 0.026 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £237 | £246 |
| Average daily rate | £246 | £252 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.18 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £255 | £257 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.90 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.05 | £13.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.21 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.30 | £22.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.75 % |
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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 Bath region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
