| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 34 | 29 | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -5 |  +9 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 1.149 % | 2.589 % | 1.843 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 3.947 % | 8.333 % | 6.587 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | - | - | £325 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £233 | £305 | £283 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £16.50 | £27.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.60 | £10.35 | £17.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.60 | £21.60 | £46.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.50 | £17.50 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 76 | 96 | 167 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 29.12 % | 31.07 % | 27.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 18 | 28 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £300 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £150 | £188 | £160 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £388 | £640 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 34 | 21 | 50 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | £19.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.60 | £9.80 | £12.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £37.00 | £40.00 |
| 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 Vista across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
