 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 36 | 42 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.53 % | 8.000 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £150 | - |
| Average daily rate | £150 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £150 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £239 | £261 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.90 | £17.02 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.74 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 38 | 100 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.054 % | 0.101 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £255 | £351 |
| Average daily rate | £291 | £386 |
| % change on same period last year | -24.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £327 | £422 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £327 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.25 | £35.27 |
| Average hourly rate | £40.00 | £36.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £48.75 | £37.73 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.98 | £22.27 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.17 % |
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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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
