 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 8 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 77.78 % | 50.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £150 | £450 |
| Average daily rate | £150 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -66.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £150 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £315 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £15.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.55 | £20.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.96 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 24 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.024 % | 0.025 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £150 | £450 |
| Average daily rate | £150 | £450 |
| % change on same period last year | -66.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £150 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £15.33 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £16.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £16.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.92 | £23.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.56 % |
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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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
