 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 11 | 8 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 146 | 170 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.187 % | 0.191 % |
| As % of the category below | 50.52 % | 43.81 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 48 | 53 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £296 |
| Average daily rate | £340 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £342 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 34 | 43 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.50 | £16.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.10 | £17.08 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.95 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.69 | £17.87 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.70 | £20.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.29 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 289 | 388 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.371 % | 0.436 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 96 | 145 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £338 | £332 |
| Average daily rate | £361 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £381 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 54 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.87 | £19.82 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.53 | £20.59 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.19 | £21.36 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.74 | £23.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
