 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 8 | 7 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 23 | 32 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.030 % | 0.034 % |
| As % of the category below | 46.00 % | 51.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £300 | £355 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £368 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.36 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £380 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £9.34 | £16.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.87 | £17.64 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.38 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.40 | £19.11 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.47 | £20.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.76 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 50 | 62 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.066 % | 0.066 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £281 | £336 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £369 | £365 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 21 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.53 | £18.55 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.71 | £19.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +49.20 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.89 | £21.28 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.83 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.06 % |
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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 Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
