 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
8 Jan 2009 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 3 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -1 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 44.44 % | 62.50 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £250 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £213 | £274 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.33 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.78 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.65 | £26.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.17 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.52 | £29.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.58 | £16.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.63 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.010 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £225 | £250 |
| Average daily rate | £263 | £250 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £300 | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £309 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.83 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 4 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.10 | £23.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.70 | £26.70 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.97 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.31 | £30.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.69 | £21.60 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.43 % |
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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 Rotherham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
