| Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 31 | 12 | 16 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -19 |  +4 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 35 | 58 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 3.086 % | 7.709 % | 7.503 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 11.11 % | 21.47 % | 31.18 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| Average daily rate | £110 | £325 | £150 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £280 | £250 | £200 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.50 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.90 | £10.10 | £8.60 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.90 | £18.70 | £15.40 |
| 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 | 90 | 163 | 186 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 27.78 % | 35.90 % | 24.06 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 42 | 72 | 77 |
| Average daily rate | £235 | £350 | £160 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £78 | £110 | £100 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £450 | £340 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 24 | 25 | 34 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £22.25 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.50 | £11.00 | £9.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.20 | £35.00 | £35.50 |
| 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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
