Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 38 | 44 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 73 | 98 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.097 % | 0.099 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.27 % | 11.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £221 | £283 |
| Average daily rate | £238 | £293 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.58 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £256 | £303 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £224 | £269 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 38 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.32 | £15.78 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.74 | £17.64 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.16 | £19.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.28 | £16.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 595 | 829 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.793 % | 0.839 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 83 | 172 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £337 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £362 | £365 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 154 | 202 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.93 | £26.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.93 | £27.82 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.94 | £29.37 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.