| Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
16 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 36 | 16 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -20 |  +11 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 21 | 44 | 71 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 2.949 % | 7.370 % | 4.962 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 10.99 % | 20.47 % | 20.94 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Average daily rate | £180 | £160 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £177 | £152 | £241 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £283 | £214 | £390 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £272 | £250 | £225 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.15 | £18.50 | £16.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.77 | £13.20 | £11.07 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.25 | £80.00 | £28.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.50 | £15.00 | £13.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 191 | 215 | 339 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 26.83 % | 36.01 % | 23.69 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 71 | 44 |
| Average daily rate | £183 | £321 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £148 | £160 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £315 | £360 | £428 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 54 | 42 | 71 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.00 | £18.55 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.46 | £12.27 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.18 | £37.10 | £46.06 |
| 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 XP across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
