| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| 3 months to
16 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 63 | 80 | 100 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +17 | +20 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire | 0.812 % | 0.321 % | 0.659 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 5.479 % | 1.946 % | 3.358 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Average daily rate | - | £218 | £215 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £240 | £305 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £8.00 | £11.00 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.50 | £16.50 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 219 | 257 | 685 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire | 14.83 % | 16.50 % | 19.62 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 62 | 40 | 99 |
| Average daily rate | £285 | £280 | £333 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £152 | £125 | £160 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £408 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 43 | 70 | 166 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £8.00 | £10.50 | £11.43 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.97 | £28.22 | £34.96 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.75 | £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 Vista across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
