| Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -2 |  +2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 135 | 155 | 310 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 13.66 % | 17.65 % | 14.62 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 68.88 % | 72.43 % | 73.63 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 33 | 35 | 38 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £228 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £212 | £164 | £146 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £394 | £330 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £323 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 48 | 39 | 97 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £13.00 | £13.00 |
| 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 | £24.00 | £25.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £16.50 | £16.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 196 | 214 | 421 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 19.84 % | 24.37 % | 19.86 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 47 | 57 | 71 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £278 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £210 | £165 | £230 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £465 | £390 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 57 | 42 | 109 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £14.20 | £14.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £7.50 | £9.92 | £10.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.00 | £24.00 | £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 across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
