| Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 |  +4 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 67 | 90 | 132 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales | 12.71 % | 18.00 % | 12.24 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 76.14 % | 78.95 % | 55.46 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 22 | 9 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £328 | £365 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £203 | £130 | £266 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £356 | £419 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £323 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.50 | £10.50 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £7.30 | £9.50 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £19.20 | £32.50 | £42.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.75 | £16.50 | £16.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 88 | 114 | 238 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales | 16.70 % | 22.80 % | 22.08 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 27 | 35 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £295 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £138 | £130 | £325 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £363 | £393 | £490 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 22 | 46 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.50 | £10.50 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £6.50 | £9.50 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.90 | £32.50 | £42.05 |
| 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 across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
