Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 11 | 22 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 20 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.026 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 31.75 % | 16.13 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £208 | - |
| Average daily rate | £217 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £225 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £227 | £257 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 3 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.00 | £14.33 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.25 | £15.33 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.50 | £16.33 |
| 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 | 63 | 31 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.083 % | 0.031 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 17 | 11 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £301 |
| Average daily rate | £308 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £323 | £326 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £329 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.15 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £13.97 | £13.21 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.30 | £14.16 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.99 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.63 | £15.11 |
| 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 Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.