 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 6 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 235 | 215 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.301 % | 0.242 % |
| As % of the category below | 70.15 % | 54.85 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 27 | 24 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £266 | £224 |
| Average daily rate | £281 | £240 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.90 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £296 | £256 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £314 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 41 | 39 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.43 | £15.16 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.12 | £15.92 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.82 | £16.68 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.80 | £20.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.98 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 335 | 392 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.430 % | 0.440 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 46 | 61 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £296 | £259 |
| Average daily rate | £309 | £272 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.59 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £286 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £344 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.64 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 56 | 49 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.45 | £15.13 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.44 | £15.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.43 | £16.30 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.81 | £23.07 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.48 % |
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
