Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 5 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 47 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.028 % | 0.047 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.83 % | 30.32 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £100 | £369 |
| Average daily rate | £120 | £408 |
| % change on same period last year | -70.61 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £140 | £447 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £239 | £261 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.50 | £18.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.00 | £21.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.50 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.90 | £17.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.74 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 96 | 155 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.135 % | 0.157 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 50 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £359 |
| Average daily rate | £318 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £343 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.57 | £24.93 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.97 | £26.87 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.35 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.36 | £28.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.98 | £22.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
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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 XP across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.