 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 12 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1053 | 831 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.390 % | 0.828 % |
| As % of the category below | 53.29 % | 43.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 499 | 223 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £364 | £365 |
| Average daily rate | £389 | £397 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £413 | £429 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.18 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 123 | 126 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.98 | £19.70 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.54 | £20.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.10 | £21.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.15 | £20.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1976 | 1890 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.608 % | 1.882 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1077 | 699 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £382 | £418 |
| Average daily rate | £412 | £442 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £443 | £465 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 139 | 135 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.23 | £19.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.91 | £20.90 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.79 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.58 | £21.90 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.93 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.96 % |
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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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
