Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 13 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 28 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.028 % |
| As % of the category below | 32.00 % | 54.90 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £324 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.33 | £22.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £23.18 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.07 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.67 | £23.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.15 | £20.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 51 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.033 % | 0.051 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £311 | £349 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.08 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.75 | £27.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.88 | £28.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.00 | £29.44 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.93 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.96 % |
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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 Bournemouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.