 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
14 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 1 | 20 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.045 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 86.11 % | 24.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £205 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £208 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.04 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £212 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £304 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.50 | £17.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.41 | £22.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.30 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.31 | £27.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.80 | £20.48 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.56 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 36 | 41 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.052 % | 0.042 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £287 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £369 | £315 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £326 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.22 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.11 | £26.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.95 | £28.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.79 | £30.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.90 | £22.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.39 % |
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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 Newcastle region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
