 Microsoft Windows Mobile |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 447 | 522 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +75 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 126 | 101 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.162 % | 0.113 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.816 % | 0.511 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 35 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £348 | £355 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.80 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £391 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £301 | £320 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.85 | £31.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £39.10 | £33.40 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £41.35 | £35.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £39.32 | £31.93 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.13 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 15440 | 19754 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 19.81 % | 22.19 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4117 | 5092 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £359 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £387 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £401 | £408 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2416 | 2540 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.41 | £21.38 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.86 | £22.64 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.30 | £23.91 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.74 | £23.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
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 Mobile across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
