Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 265 | 248 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.340 % | 0.279 % |
| As % of the category below | 65.43 % | 64.58 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 32 | 31 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £287 | £297 |
| Average daily rate | £297 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.49 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £306 | £318 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 72 | 52 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.95 | £15.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.71 | £16.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.82 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.47 | £17.44 |
| 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 | 405 | 384 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.520 % | 0.431 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 72 | 64 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £323 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £336 | £303 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 82 | 63 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.23 | £16.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.00 | £17.19 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.77 | £18.11 |
| 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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.