 Microsoft Windows NT |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 112 | 84 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -28 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 116 | 125 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.149 % | 0.140 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.415 % | 7.613 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 52 | 47 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £392 | £376 |
| Average daily rate | £419 | £399 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.22 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £447 | £421 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £263 | £280 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.93 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.38 | £20.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.75 | £22.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +39.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.13 | £23.28 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.82 | £19.52 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.53 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 2142 | 1642 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.748 % | 1.845 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 994 | 679 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £402 | £419 |
| Average daily rate | £429 | £444 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £456 | £470 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 157 | 102 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.12 | £22.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.96 | £23.54 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.79 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.74 | £23.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
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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 NT across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
