| Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -1 |  +2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 234 | 324 | 579 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England | 13.96 % | 15.01 % | 13.17 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 63.24 % | 64.03 % | 63.21 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 80 | 98 | 143 |
| Average daily rate | £255 | £285 | £258 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £78 | £110 | £110 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £450 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £323 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 83 | 60 | 186 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £14.77 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.50 | £10.00 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £33.00 | £31.80 | £37.50 |
| 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 | 370 | 506 | 916 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England | 22.08 % | 23.45 % | 20.84 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 131 | 144 | 254 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £325 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £110 | £140 | £140 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £450 | £451 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 107 | 90 | 224 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | £19.50 | £18.70 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.29 | £10.50 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £38.00 | £38.00 |
| 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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
