Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 24 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 7 | 6 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 307 | 362 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.409 % | 0.367 % |
| As % of the category below | 67.92 % | 50.49 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 42 | 49 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £283 | £234 |
| Average daily rate | £302 | £246 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.82 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £258 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £314 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 94 | 140 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.94 | £17.05 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.71 | £18.53 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.48 | £20.02 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.60 | £20.63 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.01 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 452 | 717 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.602 % | 0.727 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 69 | 116 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £291 | £264 |
| Average daily rate | £311 | £274 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.65 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £332 | £284 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.10 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 107 | 186 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.93 | £21.61 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.87 | £23.51 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.81 | £25.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.11 | £23.45 |
| % 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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.