 Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) |
| 3 months to 12 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 70 | 53 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1595 | 2322 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 2.004 % | 2.609 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.17 % | 11.75 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 296 | 359 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £326 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £326 | £354 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £281 | £300 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 505 | 664 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.36 | £18.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.70 | £19.24 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.03 | £20.28 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.90 | £19.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.38 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15690 | 19769 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.71 % | 22.21 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4189 | 5086 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £360 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £387 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £407 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2471 | 2556 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.59 | £21.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.05 | £22.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.13 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.51 | £23.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.99 | £23.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.38 % |
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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows 2000 across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
