| Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +2 |  -1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 70 | 115 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East | 16.24 % | 14.80 % | 13.91 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 78.46 % | 76.92 % | 71.88 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 18 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £135 | £328 | £319 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £96 | £192 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £400 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £323 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 14 | 58 |
| Average hourly rate | £9.50 | £10.50 | £14.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.50 | £9.20 | £9.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.10 | £33.60 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £16.50 | £16.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 65 | 91 | 160 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East | 20.70 % | 19.24 % | 19.35 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 27 | 12 |
| Average daily rate | £140 | £320 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £80 | £195 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £300 | £400 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 14 | 63 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | £16.50 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.50 | £9.75 | £9.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £22.50 | £33.25 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
