 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 53 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.065 % | 0.060 % |
| As % of the category below | 83.61 % | 73.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £208 | £194 |
| Average daily rate | £246 | £203 |
| % change on same period last year | +21.02 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £283 | £213 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.89 | £18.63 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.64 | £19.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.39 | £20.63 |
| 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 | 61 | 72 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.078 % | 0.081 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £268 | £194 |
| Average daily rate | £316 | £203 |
| % change on same period last year | +55.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £365 | £213 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 22 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.70 | £23.06 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.47 | £24.32 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.24 | £25.58 |
| 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 Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
