 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 6 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 413 | 701 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.530 % | 0.788 % |
| As % of the category below | 56.73 % | 61.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 54 | 122 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £323 | £302 |
| Average daily rate | £345 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.63 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £322 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 112 | 174 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.51 | £18.08 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.98 | £19.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.45 | £20.55 |
| 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 | 728 | 1149 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.934 % | 1.291 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 140 | 217 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £372 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 145 | 226 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.41 | £21.02 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.82 | £22.22 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.69 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.24 | £23.43 |
| 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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
