 Microsoft Windows Vista |
| 3 months to
7 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 40 | 58 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.532 % | 1.471 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £100 | £120 |
| Average daily rate | £100 | £120 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £100 | £120 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £284 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £11.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.74 | £24.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 79 | 204 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.158 % | 0.255 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £344 | £327 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £387 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £309 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 84 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.62 | £21.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.87 | £23.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.11 | £24.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.59 | £21.59 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
