| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 54 | 52 | 85 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -2 |  +33 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 0.806 % | 0.768 % | 0.140 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 4.233 % | 3.196 % | 0.703 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £110 | £395 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £312 | £110 | £391 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £324 | £110 | £399 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £240 | £300 | £295 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.83 | £17.25 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.50 | £16.50 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 189 | 219 | 427 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 19.03 % | 24.04 % | 19.91 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 47 | 54 | 71 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £280 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £212 | £165 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £415 | £390 | £410 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £310 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 53 | 40 | 115 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £14.00 | £14.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £7.50 | £9.91 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.00 | £27.90 | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
