 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 17 | 10 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.00 % | 40.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 9 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £362 |
| Average daily rate | - | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £362 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £231 | £258 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.00 | £10.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.50 | £12.50 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £15.00 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.51 | £17.13 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.62 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 25 | 30 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.033 % | 0.030 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 14 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £374 | £343 |
| Average daily rate | £385 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.30 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £395 | £355 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.40 | £22.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £25.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -39.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.60 | £27.14 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.51 | £22.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.22 % |
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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 Farnborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
