| Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 31 | 41 | 29 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +10 |  -12 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 16 | 48 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds | 4.494 % | 2.623 % | 4.465 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 25.81 % | 20.00 % | 25.53 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £125 | £150 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £300 | £125 | £105 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £364 | £125 | £315 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £272 | £263 | £229 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.00 | £16.50 | £12.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £10.30 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.10 | £23.30 | £17.54 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.50 | £14.40 | £13.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 93 | 80 | 188 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds | 17.42 % | 13.11 % | 17.49 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 40 | 11 | 43 |
| Average daily rate | £306 | £280 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £125 | £122 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £464 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £310 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.15 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.00 | £8.75 | £11.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.20 | £25.00 | £33.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
