Note that 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.
| Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K) |
| 3 months to 21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 340 | 227 | 224 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-113 | -3 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 258 | 472 | 397 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.441 % | 0.785 % | 0.719 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 2.170 % | 3.773 % | 3.968 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 103 | 223 | 130 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £323 | £314 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £135 | £160 | £135 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £500 | £530 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £215 | £275 | £280 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 41 | 80 | 137 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £15.00 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £10.00 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £39.40 | £25.00 | £21.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.50 | £14.50 | £14.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the Operating Systems category | 11887 | 12510 | 10005 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 20.34 % | 20.80 % | 18.13 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5933 | 6113 | 4469 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £215 | £200 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £550 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1185 | 1236 | 1035 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £17.00 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.21 | £11.00 | £10.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £37.50 | £37.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.00 | £16.50 | £15.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |