 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.034 % | 0.020 % |
| As % of the category below | 75.00 % | 43.48 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £225 |
| Average daily rate | £293 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £293 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.03 | £29.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.05 | £30.27 |
| % change on same period last year | -50.28 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.07 | £31.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.79 | £20.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 32 | 46 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.045 % | 0.046 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £219 |
| Average daily rate | £293 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £293 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.13 | £29.03 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.58 | £29.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -37.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.04 | £30.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.94 | £22.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.84 % |
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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 Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
