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 |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 0 |  +6 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7218 | 7340 | 5495 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 12.35 % | 12.20 % | 9.957 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 60.72 % | 58.67 % | 54.92 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3337 | 3366 | 2212 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £160 | £190 | £175 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £550 | £535 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £300 | £295 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1018 | 1064 | 883 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.00 | £16.25 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £10.50 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.50 | £35.00 | £32.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £15.50 | £15.00 |
| % 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 | |
