 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 301 | 407 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.386 % | 0.457 % |
| As % of the category below | 73.24 % | 62.23 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 58 | 51 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £278 | £280 |
| Average daily rate | £295 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £311 | £320 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 100 | 97 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.43 | £21.14 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.34 | £21.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.24 | £22.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.80 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 411 | 654 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.527 % | 0.735 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 88 | 94 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £293 |
| Average daily rate | £327 | £312 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.87 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 109 | 118 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.62 | £23.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.31 | £23.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.99 | £24.32 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.81 | £23.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
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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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
