| Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 21 | 15 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -6 |  +17 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 45 | 50 | 79 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 4.555 % | 5.695 % | 3.726 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 22.96 % | 23.36 % | 18.76 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £389 | £208 | £141 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £250 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 29 | 16 | 51 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.00 | £14.40 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £7.50 | £8.40 | £10.10 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.90 | £23.55 | £17.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.50 | £14.00 | £13.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 196 | 214 | 421 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands | 19.84 % | 24.37 % | 19.86 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 47 | 57 | 71 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £278 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £210 | £165 | £230 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £465 | £390 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £306 | £334 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 57 | 42 | 109 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £14.20 | £14.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £7.50 | £9.92 | £10.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.00 | £24.00 | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
