 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 37 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.055 % | 0.037 % |
| As % of the category below | 66.10 % | 90.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £271 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £283 | £363 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £16.33 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £16.88 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £17.43 |
| 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 | 59 | 41 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.083 % | 0.042 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 13 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £231 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £245 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £259 | £364 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.66 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £16.33 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £16.88 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £17.43 |
| 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 County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
