Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 18 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 65 | 40 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 14 | 20 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.019 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.509 % | 11.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £235 | £115 |
| Average daily rate | £241 | £115 |
| % change on same period last year | +109.78 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £248 | £115 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £234 | £274 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £8.33 | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.33 | £13.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.01 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.33 | £13.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.40 | £16.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.95 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 399 | 170 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.530 % | 0.174 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 126 | 41 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £405 | £293 |
| Average daily rate | £432 | £298 |
| % change on same period last year | +44.89 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £460 | £303 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.25 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 16 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.97 | £24.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.78 | £27.74 |
| % change on same period last year | -28.70 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.59 | £30.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.02 | £23.65 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.87 % |
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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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.