Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 1 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 46 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.049 % |
| As % of the category below | 47.73 % | 54.12 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £305 | £306 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £319 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £332 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.82 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.79 | £16.98 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.96 | £17.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.12 | £18.61 |
| 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 | 44 | 85 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.058 % | 0.090 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 19 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £309 | £269 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £286 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £344 | £302 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.27 | £20.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.29 | £21.36 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.33 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.31 | £22.14 |
| 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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.