Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 4 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 140 | 143 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.180 % | 0.161 % |
| As % of the category below | 67.31 % | 63.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 28 | 23 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £313 | £291 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £305 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £364 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 36 | 27 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £18.01 | £20.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.22 | £22.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.44 | £23.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.80 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 208 | 227 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.267 % | 0.255 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 48 | 45 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £345 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £369 | £358 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 38 | 35 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.97 | £22.46 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.39 | £23.81 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.96 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.81 | £25.17 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.81 | £23.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
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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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.