 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 570 | 418 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.731 % | 0.470 % |
| As % of the category below | 59.75 % | 60.49 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 121 | 49 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £368 | £246 |
| Average daily rate | £381 | £261 |
| % change on same period last year | +46.38 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £275 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 104 | 71 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.91 | £13.74 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £14.62 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.10 | £15.51 |
| 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 | 954 | 691 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.224 % | 0.776 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 237 | 104 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £395 | £286 |
| Average daily rate | £414 | £299 |
| % change on same period last year | +38.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £433 | £311 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 119 | 96 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.13 | £17.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.65 | £18.02 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.17 | £18.98 |
| 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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
