 Microsoft Windows |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 4 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 421 | 411 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.540 % | 0.462 % |
| As % of the category below | 62.00 % | 56.77 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 59 | 34 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £256 | £226 |
| Average daily rate | £272 | £243 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.15 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £288 | £260 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £322 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 88 | 81 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.75 | £16.51 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.35 | £17.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.94 | £17.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £19.70 | £20.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.29 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 679 | 724 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.871 % | 0.813 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 94 | 78 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £273 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £286 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £298 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 160 | 113 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.00 | £19.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.76 | £20.06 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.48 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £23.52 | £20.69 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.74 | £23.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.72 % |
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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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
