 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 100.00 % | 33.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £110 | £363 |
| Average daily rate | £110 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -69.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £110 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.89 | £20.47 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.08 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.012 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £110 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £110 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -67.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £110 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | £25.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £26.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.00 | £28.28 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.97 | £22.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.45 % |
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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 Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
