 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 78.57 % | 50.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | - |
| Average daily rate | £260 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £260 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.56 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.33 | £22.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.11 | £22.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.55 | £20.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.008 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | £236 |
| Average daily rate | £260 | £239 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £260 | £243 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.52 | £21.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.35 | £21.78 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.17 | £21.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 Hounslow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
