Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year | 0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 532 | 643 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.709 % | 0.651 % |
| As % of the category below | 53.52 % | 53.41 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 152 | 129 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £244 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £263 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.86 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £281 | £347 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 116 | 164 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.70 | £19.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.96 | £20.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.22 | £21.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.55 | £20.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 994 | 1204 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.325 % | 1.218 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 266 | 286 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £285 | £336 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £374 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 177 | 230 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.37 | £21.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.68 | £22.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.99 | £23.71 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 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.