 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 79 | 99 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 646 | 744 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.861 % | 0.753 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.08 % | 7.522 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 179 | 110 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £277 | £318 |
| Average daily rate | £292 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £308 | £349 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £224 | £269 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 204 | 218 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.15 | £17.28 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.14 | £18.11 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.37 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.13 | £18.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.28 | £16.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.78 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6407 | 9891 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 8.540 % | 10.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2438 | 3469 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £384 | £404 |
| Average daily rate | £409 | £428 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.64 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £433 | £453 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 649 | 852 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.38 | £21.43 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.55 | £22.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £21.71 | £23.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
|
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
