 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 204 | 150 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.262 % | 0.169 % |
| As % of the category below | 65.18 % | 66.37 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £218 |
| Average daily rate | £389 | £239 |
| % change on same period last year | +63.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £403 | £259 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 55 | 43 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.73 | £11.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.36 | £12.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.62 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.98 | £13.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.80 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 313 | 226 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.402 % | 0.254 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 57 | 22 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £388 | £225 |
| Average daily rate | £406 | £243 |
| % change on same period last year | +66.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £424 | £262 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 57 | 51 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.30 | £14.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.54 | £14.61 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.16 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.77 | £15.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.81 | £23.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
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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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
