 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 11 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 15.00 % | 50.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £222 | £262 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.00 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £15.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.00 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.93 | £16.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.30 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 40 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.063 % | 0.009 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £265 | - |
| Average daily rate | £278 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £290 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.89 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.50 | £15.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +29.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.11 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.36 | £22.18 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.80 % |
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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 High Wycombe region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
