 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 47 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.048 % |
| As % of the category below | 76.19 % | 39.17 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £100 | £343 |
| Average daily rate | £100 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -71.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £100 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £27.04 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £28.10 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.92 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.00 | £29.16 |
| 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 | 21 | 120 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.121 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 46 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £233 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £267 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.67 | £23.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.17 | £23.94 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.67 | £24.60 |
| 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 Newbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
