 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 2 | 8 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 222 | 95 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.285 % | 0.107 % |
| As % of the category below | 62.89 % | 65.52 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 69 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £391 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | +30.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £315 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.70 | £15.11 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.60 | £16.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.72 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.49 | £16.89 |
| 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 | 353 | 145 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.453 % | 0.163 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 99 | 43 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £399 | £321 |
| Average daily rate | £423 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £447 | £344 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.50 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.70 | £17.11 |
| % change on same period last year | +32.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.90 | £18.22 |
| 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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
