 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
7 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 3 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 33 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.033 % |
| As % of the category below | 80.00 % | 56.90 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 13 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £233 | £281 |
| Average daily rate | £242 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.34 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £334 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.67 | £16.84 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.17 | £18.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.67 | £20.19 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.79 | £20.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.28 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 58 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.036 % | 0.059 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 20 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £230 | £288 |
| Average daily rate | £238 | £310 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £246 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £328 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.67 | £15.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.17 | £17.26 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.25 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.67 | £18.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.94 | £22.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.84 % |
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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 Poole region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
