| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| 3 months to 12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | - | 18 | - |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear | - | 6.226 % | - |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 25.40 % | - |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | - | £285 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £240 | £300 | £295 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £16.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.50 | £16.50 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the Operating Systems category | 34 | 63 | 84 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear | 23.61 % | 24.51 % | 19.81 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 24 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £135 | £322 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £310 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 9 | 32 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.50 | £18.00 | £22.32 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.50 | £11.60 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.45 | £35.00 | £40.15 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.