 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 41 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +7 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 15 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.015 % |
| As % of the category below | 12.24 % | 8.287 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £150 | - |
| Average daily rate | £150 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £150 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £224 | £269 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 9 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.50 | £17.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.25 | £18.01 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.00 | £19.02 |
| 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 | 98 | 181 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.131 % | 0.183 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 27 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £307 | £309 |
| Average daily rate | £321 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £335 | £344 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 49 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.43 | £19.10 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.46 | £20.49 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.39 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.49 | £21.88 |
| 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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
