| Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 49 | 52 | 41 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 |  -11 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 66 | 52 | 121 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 2.910 % | 2.283 % | 3.059 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 15.00 % | 16.10 % | 17.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | £140 | £150 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £280 | £250 | £200 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 32 | 21 | 50 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £13.50 | £11.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £9.51 | £10.42 | £10.08 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.35 | £17.00 | £21.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £12.50 | £14.00 | £13.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 440 | 323 | 679 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West | 19.40 % | 14.18 % | 17.16 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 197 | 88 | 120 |
| Average daily rate | £285 | £324 | £330 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £213 | £125 | £219 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £413 | £450 | £446 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 71 | 60 | 117 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.00 | £16.78 | £12.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.00 | £10.42 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.85 | £32.50 | £32.00 |
| 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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
