 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 7 | 12 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 33 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.027 % | 0.033 % |
| As % of the category below | 95.24 % | 94.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £80 | £256 |
| Average daily rate | £85 | £265 |
| % change on same period last year | -67.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £90 | £274 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £309 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.06 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.88 | £14.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.32 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.75 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.44 | £20.99 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.58 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 35 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.035 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £80 | £265 |
| Average daily rate | £85 | £275 |
| % change on same period last year | -69.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £90 | £285 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £9.71 | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.64 | £14.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.98 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £11.57 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.51 | £22.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.22 % |
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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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows across the York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
