| Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -1 |  0 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 65 | 86 | 234 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 15.63 % | 16.83 % | 20.78 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 59.63 % | 64.18 % | 71.34 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 18 | 30 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £283 | £273 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £106 | £168 | £160 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £322 | £335 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £323 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 16 | 81 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £19.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.67 | £9.90 | £11.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £32.95 | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £16.50 | £16.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 109 | 134 | 328 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 26.20 % | 26.22 % | 29.13 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 34 | 28 | 69 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £283 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £132 | £170 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £338 | £340 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 39 | 26 | 91 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | £19.50 | £19.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £10.40 | £11.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.50 | £45.00 | £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 across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
