 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 2 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 144 | 96 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.185 % | 0.108 % |
| As % of the category below | 72.36 % | 56.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 61 | 28 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £190 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £200 | £273 |
| % change on same period last year | -26.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £209 | £296 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 38 | 23 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.12 | £17.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.00 | £18.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.87 | £19.65 |
| 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 | 199 | 171 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.255 % | 0.192 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 75 | 49 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £201 | £281 |
| Average daily rate | £210 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | -30.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £218 | £326 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 56 | 50 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.61 | £23.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.36 | £24.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.10 | £24.95 |
| 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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
