 Microsoft Windows NT |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 55 | 39 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 15 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.020 % | 0.022 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.673 % | 12.36 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | - |
| Average daily rate | £417 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £450 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £259 | £316 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £20.81 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £22.13 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.63 | £19.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.73 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 321 | 178 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.428 % | 0.180 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 91 | 44 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £389 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £417 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.95 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £445 | £312 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.36 | £23.41 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.07 | £26.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.78 | £28.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 NT across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
