Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 126 | 139 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.162 % | 0.156 % |
| As % of the category below | 59.15 % | 56.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 19 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £274 | £221 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £225 |
| % change on same period last year | +33.57 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £326 | £229 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.06 | £14.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.35 | £14.75 |
| % change on same period last year | +44.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.64 | £15.32 |
| 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 | 213 | 244 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.273 % | 0.274 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 30 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £285 | £238 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £251 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.48 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £329 | £263 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 59 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.90 | £22.65 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.05 | £24.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.20 | £25.37 |
| 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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.