Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 79 | 111 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.104 % | 0.118 % |
| As % of the category below | 56.83 % | 50.92 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 18 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £254 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £266 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £279 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.50 | £15.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.69 | £15.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.88 | £16.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.47 | £20.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.76 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 139 | 218 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.183 % | 0.231 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 39 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £288 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.91 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £317 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.48 | £22.96 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.70 | £23.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -20.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.91 | £24.21 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.83 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
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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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.