 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 15 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 101 | 98 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.130 % | 0.110 % |
| As % of the category below | 46.33 % | 44.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 34 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £382 | £408 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £432 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £418 | £457 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.83 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.50 | £18.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.17 | £19.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.80 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 218 | 222 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.280 % | 0.249 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 85 | 111 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £404 | £428 |
| Average daily rate | £435 | £449 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £465 | £469 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.55 | £19.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.91 | £20.12 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.05 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.27 | £20.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.81 | £23.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
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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 across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
