 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 8 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 19 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.031 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 92.00 % | 52.78 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £258 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £262 | £225 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £267 | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £312 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.31 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.00 | £26.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £27.38 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.00 | £28.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.55 | £20.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.15 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 36 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.033 % | 0.036 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £279 | £225 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £246 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.03 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £321 | £267 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.00 | £20.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.00 | £21.17 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.11 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.00 | £22.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
