Microsoft Windows Vista |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 71 | 156 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +85 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 59 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.078 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.024 % | 0.710 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £363 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £402 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £349 | £358 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.57 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £19.79 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.17 | £26.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.97 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 840 | 1409 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.109 % | 1.403 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 177 | 500 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £365 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £386 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 119 | 183 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.43 | £25.15 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.32 | £26.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.21 | £27.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.12 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
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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 Vista across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.