 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 12 | 14 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3431 | 4128 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 4.402 % | 4.638 % |
| As % of the category below | 50.70 % | 46.05 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1081 | 1169 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £367 | £393 |
| Average daily rate | £387 | £418 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.26 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £408 | £443 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 553 | 608 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.40 | £18.96 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.75 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.11 | £21.44 |
| 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 | 6767 | 8964 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.682 % | 10.07 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2443 | 3033 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £385 | £406 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £429 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £433 | £452 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 656 | 761 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.70 | £20.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.16 | £21.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.63 | £22.88 |
| 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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
