Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 2 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 160 | 103 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.205 % | 0.116 % |
| As % of the category below | 77.67 % | 48.36 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £244 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £245 | £263 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £247 | £276 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 40 | 28 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.85 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.86 | £20.98 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.88 | £22.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.80 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 206 | 213 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.264 % | 0.239 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 33 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £253 | £260 |
| Average daily rate | £259 | £268 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £265 | £275 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 62 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.05 | £23.34 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.90 | £24.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.76 | £26.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.81 | £23.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.