 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 370 | 479 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.475 % | 0.538 % |
| As % of the category below | 57.45 % | 61.17 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 57 | 105 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £317 | £329 |
| Average daily rate | £342 | £343 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 127 | 138 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.16 | £24.34 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.95 | £25.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.75 | £26.82 |
| 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 | 644 | 783 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.826 % | 0.880 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 126 | 195 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £336 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £354 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.60 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £372 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 168 | 168 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.89 | £26.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.06 | £27.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.22 | £29.32 |
| 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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
