 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 38 | 38 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.054 % | 0.038 % |
| As % of the category below | 82.61 % | 59.38 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £260 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £277 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £293 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £305 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.13 | £32.67 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.70 | £33.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.27 | £34.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.88 | £20.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.82 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 46 | 64 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.065 % | 0.065 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 22 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £284 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £293 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.24 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £302 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.22 | £36.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.81 | £37.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.41 | £38.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.98 | £22.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
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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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
