 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
19 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 27 | 33 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.042 % | 0.036 % |
| As % of the category below | 52.94 % | 78.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £225 |
| Average daily rate | - | £238 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £309 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.95 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.33 | £16.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.33 | £16.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +48.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.33 | £16.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.21 | £20.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.83 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 42 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.080 % | 0.046 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £225 |
| Average daily rate | £289 | £240 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £290 | £255 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.35 | £17.25 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.55 | £17.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +53.91 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.75 | £17.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.22 | £22.14 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.39 % |
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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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
