 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 9 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.011 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 33.33 % | 14.55 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £160 | £260 |
| Average daily rate | £160 | £260 |
| % change on same period last year | -38.46 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £160 | £260 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £227 | £257 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.75 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £15.63 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.50 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.57 | £17.15 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.35 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 55 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.032 % | 0.055 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £238 | £400 |
| Average daily rate | £242 | £410 |
| % change on same period last year | -40.85 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £246 | £419 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.54 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.00 | £22.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.66 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.46 | £25.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.12 | £22.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.10 % |
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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 Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
