 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 21 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 20.00 % | 11.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £250 | £240 |
| Average daily rate | £265 | £265 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £280 | £290 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £245 | £261 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.00 | £28.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £28.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +14.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £28.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.79 | £17.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.68 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 35 | 124 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.049 % | 0.125 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 40 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £355 |
| Average daily rate | £388 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.29 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £396 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.55 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.86 | £28.96 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.54 | £29.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.21 | £30.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.90 | £22.31 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.65 % |
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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 Bracknell region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
