Microsoft Windows Vista |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 157 | 167 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +10 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 49 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.069 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.910 % | 1.416 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 21 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £272 | £325 |
| Average daily rate | £291 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -13.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £310 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £367 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.93 | £19.60 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.64 | £20.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.36 | £22.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.81 | £24.52 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.44 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1684 | 1836 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.371 % | 1.855 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 879 | 747 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £351 | £417 |
| Average daily rate | £377 | £441 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £402 | £466 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 126 | 125 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.18 | £20.24 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.68 | £21.29 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.18 | £22.34 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.98 | £22.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
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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 Vista across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.