 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8234 | 9492 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 10.56 % | 10.66 % |
| As % of the category below | 56.65 % | 51.30 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1908 | 2026 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £339 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £358 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £377 | £394 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1814 | 1851 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.52 | £19.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.93 | £20.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.35 | £21.49 |
| 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 | 14534 | 18504 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 18.65 % | 20.79 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3960 | 4832 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £368 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £388 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.07 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £402 | £409 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2285 | 2400 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.32 | £21.44 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.78 | £22.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.24 | £23.92 |
| 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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
