Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 29 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 42 | 54 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 45 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.053 % | 0.045 % |
| As % of the category below | 15.33 % | 12.03 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £231 | £281 |
| Average daily rate | £244 | £287 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.88 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £257 | £293 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £231 | £258 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.32 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 13 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.25 | £15.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £15.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.18 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.75 | £16.14 |
| 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 | 261 | 374 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.348 % | 0.373 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 112 | 105 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £321 | £337 |
| Average daily rate | £339 | £349 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £358 | £361 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.62 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 68 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.31 | £22.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.68 | £23.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.15 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.05 | £25.00 |
| 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.