Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 21 | 44 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +23 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 29 | 18 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.047 % | 0.019 % |
| As % of the category below | 24.58 % | 9.574 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £211 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £223 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £220 | £266 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 11 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.33 | £12.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.11 | £13.79 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.89 | £14.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.86 | £16.34 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.91 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 118 | 188 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.190 % | 0.202 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 48 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £290 | £333 |
| Average daily rate | £307 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £324 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £317 | £321 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 36 | 49 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.03 | £19.68 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.72 | £20.58 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.41 | £21.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.91 | £21.94 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.17 % |
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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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.