 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 292 | 377 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.375 % | 0.424 % |
| As % of the category below | 51.50 % | 48.09 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 39 | 43 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £256 | £271 |
| Average daily rate | £268 | £288 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £304 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 51 | 71 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.49 | £13.87 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.14 | £15.05 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.78 | £16.22 |
| 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 | 567 | 784 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.727 % | 0.881 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 92 | 142 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £312 | £299 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.13 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £341 | £328 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 58 | 90 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.73 | £18.41 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.75 | £19.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.04 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.76 | £21.50 |
| 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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
