 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.012 % | 0.030 % |
| As % of the category below | 36.00 % | 53.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £240 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £253 | £324 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £265 | £339 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.94 | £19.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.58 | £19.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.19 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.21 | £20.06 |
| 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 | 25 | 56 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.033 % | 0.057 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £302 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £316 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 15 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.03 | £23.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.82 | £24.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.61 | £24.33 |
| 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 Ipswich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
