 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
8 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 28 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.046 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.19 % | 22.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £95 | £268 |
| Average daily rate | £108 | £274 |
| % change on same period last year | -60.76 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £120 | £280 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £242 | £262 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.40 | £14.72 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.40 | £16.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +74.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.40 | £17.77 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.92 | £17.08 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.92 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 108 | 200 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.151 % | 0.205 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 65 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £223 | £288 |
| Average daily rate | £234 | £303 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £246 | £318 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.08 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 39 | 40 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.49 | £23.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.67 | £25.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.47 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.85 | £27.32 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.92 | £22.28 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.86 % |
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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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
