 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 30 | 14 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 21 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.021 % |
| As % of the category below | 11.11 % | 30.43 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £230 | £256 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.26 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.30 | £14.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.15 | £17.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -36.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.00 | £21.33 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.51 | £17.17 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.86 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 54 | 69 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.073 % | 0.068 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £308 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £327 | £371 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.94 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £345 | £383 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.85 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £16.32 | £17.70 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.87 | £19.91 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.27 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.42 | £22.12 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.70 | £22.66 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.18 % |
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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 Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
